• Story Circles

    Story Circle

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

    Community lives in our stories. Add your voice to the mix. Join us for small, guided conversations where people share brief stories about their experiences at the cemetery. Help build [...]

    Free
  • Portraying Death in Comics: as a Catalyst and as Monotonous

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

    Join artist Lillie J. Harris for this unique workshop! Sunday, March 15th from 1pm-3pm In this workshop, we will collaboratively make our own comics by looking at examples of how [...]

    $5
  • Tombs and Tomes Book Club March (Virtual)

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

    When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying [...]

  • Tombs and Tomes Book Club March (In Person)

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

    When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying [...]

  • Story Circles

    Story Circle

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

    Community lives in our stories. Add your voice to the mix. Join us for small, guided conversations where people share brief stories about their experiences at the cemetery. Help build [...]

    Free
  • 2025 Reading of Names

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

    A special on-site gathering held in loving remembrance of all those laid to rest at Historic Congressional Cemetery in 2025. Guests are welcome to arrive anytime beginning at 1:00 PM [...]

    Free
  • Tombs and Tomes Book Club January (Virtual)

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

    In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, [...]

  • Tombs and Tomes Book Club January (In Person)

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

    In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, [...]

  • 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.

  • Cemetery Speaker Series: Gravestone Recipes, with Rosie Grant

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

    SOLD OUT The final Speaker Series guest of 2025 is a real treat! 🍪 Congressional Cemetery is thrilled to welcome Rosie Grant, author of the newly-released book, To Die For: [...]

    $10 – $36
  • Tombs and Tomes Book Club November (In Person)

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

    In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. She conjures up early operating theaters--no place for the squeamish--and [...]

  • 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.

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