Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel
Notes from the Crypt Concert
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us in our historic 1903 Chapel for an intimate concert featuring a few of D.C.'s best musicians! This chamber music concert is free to attend but there is limited seating. The event will be limited to approximately 50 seats, thus, seating is first-come, first-served, so we recommend arriving early to select your seat. Don’t [...]
Death Cafe
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesAs an active burial ground, Historic Congressional Cemetery is well acquainted with death. But just what is a Death Café? Death Café is a global movement facilitating thoughts and discussion about the often taboo subject of death, It’s a intimate informal gathering to discuss death while eating cake and drinking tea. It has no agenda [...]
Notes from the Crypt Concert
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us in our historic 1903 Chapel for an intimate concert featuring a few of D.C.'s best musicians! This chamber music concert is free to attend but there is limited seating. The event will be limited to approximately 50 seats, thus, seating is first-come, first-served, so we recommend arriving early to select your seat. Don’t [...]
John Philip Sousa Birthday Concert 2022
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesHCC will start the program at 10:30am with a short awards ceremony, followed by a brief lecture by a John Philip Sousa impersonator himself! The Marine Corps band will enter through the 17th Street gate at precisely 11:00am for a 25 minute concert at the grave site, located near the chapel. Rain or shine, free [...]
Inaugural Death Café
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesUPDATE: SOLD OUT. Due to high demand we are unable to register any more participants. Thank you very much for your interest! As an active burial ground, Historic Congressional Cemetery is well acquainted with death. But just what is a Death Café? Death Café is a global movement facilitating thoughts and discussion about the often [...]
APHCC Annual Meeting
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesCongressional Cemetery will host the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery’s Annual Meeting. President Jaclyn Spainhour will present a brief annual report, sharing the highlights of the past year. This annual meeting will take place at 10:00 am and is open to all members. Public is welcome to attend, please contact staff@congressionalcemetery.org for [...]
Notes from the Crypt Concert
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for our Notes from the Crypt concert! This chamber music concert is free but a reservation is required. The event will be limited to the first 40 reservations; thus, seating is first-come, first-served, so we recommend arriving early to select your seating. Don’t miss one of DC’s best kept secrets, with professional musicians [...]
Tomes & Tombs VIRTUAL Book Club
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesTombs 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!). It's free to join, and mostly free to attend. For each meeting, we simply ask that you bring either a $5 donation or a bit of food or wine to share with the group. Extra points for brownies! Interested in learning more? Read our January 2014 blog post about Tombs and Tomes, or request to join our Goodreads group. Still interested? Email Sarah for more info and to RSVP for a meeting.
John Philip Sousa Birthday Concert
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesHCC will start the program at 10:30am with a short awards ceremony, followed by a brief lecture by a John Philip Sousa impersonator himself! The Marine Corps band will enter through the 17th Street gate at precisely 11:00am for a 25 minute concert at the grave site, located near the chapel. Rain or shine, free [...]
Secret Washington DC Book Signing
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesBook signing for SECRET Washington DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Joann Hill Free walking tour by experienced HCC tour guide Hoff the Harmonica Case Man (also featured in the book) Books for Sale and Signing by the Author