• Pride Pet Portraits

    Join us in partnership with @JustWalk for a PridePet Portrait event, perfect for pups and their people! This event takes place during the Gays and Graves Festival on Saturday, June [...]

    $30
  • From the Garden: ‘Dem Bones Workshop

    Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Do your joints ache? Is your spine rounding? Are you worried about your bones becoming weaker as you age? Do you have trouble keeping your tendons and ligaments in working [...]

    Free
  • Private Funeral Service

    To provide privacy for the family, the cemetery will be closed to all dogs and visitors for the duration of our funeral proceedings. Thank You, HCC

  • Nurses of War Tour, with Melanie La Force

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Find out the true stories of the women who served as nurses in war - their yearning to help, to change life, to improve the situation of their sons, fathers, [...]

    $10
  • Closed to Dogs

    Closed to Dogs
    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Congressional Cemetery is closed to all dogs each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for family grave site visits as well as during: Funerals  |  Private & community events  |  Federal [...]

  • Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery

    Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
    Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Death Cafe is a global movement to encourage discussion about the often-taboo subject of death. These are intimate informal gatherings where we discuss death while eating cake and drinking tea to remind us of comfort and sweetness even in difficult times.

  • Elbridge Gerry Fourth of July Celebration

    Please join The District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution for a Fourth of July Celebration honoring the 249th Anniversary of America's Independence. Held at the [...]

  • Civil War at Congressional: Docent Tour

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    The United States was consumed by the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Millions of individuals were swept up in the chaos of the conflict as the war raged for [...]

    $10
  • Closed to Dogs

    Closed to Dogs
    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Congressional Cemetery is closed to all dogs each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for family grave site visits as well as during: Funerals  |  Private & community events  |  Federal [...]

  • Private Funeral Service

    To provide privacy for the family, the cemetery will be closed to all dogs and visitors for the duration of our funeral proceedings. Thank You, HCC