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Death Doula Days
Death Doula Days
No one likes to talk about dying, right? We do! Bring your curiosity, your courage, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence, Laura Lyster-Mensh, for a weekly series […]
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Tombs & Tomes Book Club January (In Person)
Tombs & Tomes Book Club January (In Person)
Tombs and Tomes is Congressional Cemetery's book club. We meet every other month in our historic Chapel (unless otherwise noted), and we discuss primarily non-fiction books. Our book selections have no rhyme and reason; however, our choices tend to stray towards the macabre, as is natural for a cemetery book club. Our very first meeting was in September 2013 and we chose to read Stiff, by Mary Roach (pictured here with Doug Graves, Congressional Cemetery's mascot and NOT a real skeleton!).
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Tombs & Tomes Book Club January (Virtual)
Tombs & Tomes Book Club January (Virtual)
Selection: Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville Melville’s Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it. Cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks, as well as […]
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Death Doula Days
Death Doula Days
No one likes to talk about dying, right? We do! Bring your curiosity, your courage, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations […]
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Death Doula Days
Death Doula Days
No one likes to talk about dying, right? We do! Bring your curiosity, your courage, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations […]
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Death Doula Days
Death Doula Days
Bring your curiosity, your courage, and a sense of humor as we sit around the table at the gatehouse (almost) every Saturday in 2023 to explore our worries and wonderment about mortality. Join our new death doula in residence for a weekly series of conversations and workshops about the end of life. Cake and tea […]
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Death Doula Days
Death Doula Days
Join us for this week's Death Doula Day at Congressional Cemetery! Drop in hours are 10am-1pm on Saturdays, with special drop in guests for special topics on some weeks from 11am-noon. OUR ACTIVITY THIS WEEK from 11 to noon: Q & A with our special guest, Reverend Carla Thompson, Hospice Chaplain at Capital Caring at […]
