Our Mission

Historic Congressional Cemetery seeks to preserve, promote, and protect our historic and active burial ground. We respectfully celebrate the legacy of those interred here through education, historic preservation, community engagement, and environmental stewardship.

Our Vision

To be a nationally recognized active cemetery that creates meaningful education programs about the history it preserves, provides innovative opportunities for community engagement with its neighbors and visitors, and offers a unique green space for respite and reflection that fully embraces the cycle of life.

At Historic Congressional Cemetery We Value

  • Belonging – We strive to be a welcoming space where everyone feels safe and included with an equal opportunity to contribute to the Cemetery.
  • DEAI – We remain conscious and vigilant to the importance of diversity, accessibility, and inclusion in our physical space as well as our programming.
  • Legacy – We are the caretakers of thousands, and it is our responsibility to preserve their stories for future generations.
  • Service – We commit to being a space that serves the whole community, through life and in death.
  • Uniqueness – We are composed of innovative people who embrace new ideas to keep the cemetery on the leading edge. We are a resilient organization that remains open to a plethora of ideas and that offers creative solutions to its needs, engaging with the public in exciting ways.
200+

Years of History

2500

Volunteers

20K+

Annual Visitors

Board of Directors

Richard Greene, Chairperson
Heather Alarcon, Vice Chairperson
Sid Neely, Treasurer
Stephanie Lipscomb, Secretary
The Rev. John Kellogg

Sam Cornale
Jamie McGinnis
Joseph Imamura
Rhonda Sincavage
Larry West

Nathan Neal
RuthAnn Clark
Deborah Perry
Julia Roberson
Ruth Kroeger

Join our mission to preserve & protect our historic and active burial ground

Historic Congressional Cemetery is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit who realizes its mission in large part through charitable donations.