Día de los Muertos
Join us for an extraordinary celebration of Día de los Muertos at Historic Congressional Cemetery. In collaboration with special guest and Capitol Hill resident, Rosa Moreno, and Death Doula-in-Residence, Laura [...]
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Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel
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Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States
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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDeath 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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Cemetery Speaker Series: Tobias Lear, with Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesTobias Lear, circa the 1780s. Courtesy of New England Historical Society Sign up here! In his capacities as general, president, enslaver, and farmer, George Washington received support from [...]
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Tombs and Tomes Book Club September (In Person)
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesIn 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband’s death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the [...]
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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDeath 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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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDeath 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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A Night of Grief Karaoke // Karaoke in the Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesOn August 1st, artist Leigh Davis will premiere Grief Karaoke at Historic Congressional Cemetery, the first installment of her ongoing series Karaoke in the Cemetery. Historic Congressional Cemetery is designed [...]
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Tombs and Tomes Book Club July (In Person)
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesOn January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an [...]
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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDeath 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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From the Garden: ‘Dem Bones Workshop
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDo 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 [...]
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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDeath 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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Notes from the Crypt Concert
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for classical music in the chapel on Sunday, May 25th! Admission is free and seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 11:30 am. All are welcome.
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