Events

Please Note

The cemetery is closed to dogs every Saturday from
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

The cemetery is closed to dogs every Saturday from
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Design your own Epitaph & Tombstone Workshop

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

Designing your own gravestone and epitaph is a form of autobiography. How do you sum up your life in a single glance? What message do you want so durably created? [...]

September Artist Meet and Greet at the Big Chair

Historic Congressional Cemetery Big Chair 1801 E St SE, Washington, DC, United States

Join HCC in a Meet the Artists gathering at the Big Chair, September 1st at 4 PM! Come for a meet and greet with the Big Chair’s Artist, Heather Sabarese, [...]

Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery

Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery

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

We welcome you to join us at one of our monthly Death Cafes at Historic Congressional Cemetery. As an active burial ground, Historic Congressional Cemetery is well acquainted with death, [...]

Cinematery: Casper

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

  While ghosts may be scary, they can be friendly too. Casper is not only a friendly ghost, he is the featured conclusion to Summer of Spirits extravaganza. This family [...]

$10

Tombs and Tomes Book Club September (In Person)

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

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan. The knowledge of death is so [...]

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