Name: Only at Congressional : Guided Cemetery Tours
Start: 2024-06-29T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-29T12:30:00-04:00
Location: 1801 E St SE, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20003

Only at Congressional : Guided Cemetery Tours

Join us for a guided tour of Congressional Cemetery! Over 67,000 people are interred at Congressional Cemetery, ranging from 1807 all the way until the present day. Their stories are American history in microcosm, all in 35 acres of the nation’s capital. Come and experience their extraordinary lives in a one of kind portal into the past. In this 1 hour to 1 hour and 30-minute tour, one of our trained docents who will share the stories of some of Congressionals’s interred residents while walking the beautiful and scenic cemetery grounds.
Please come prepared with comfortable and weather appropriate clothing and shoes, as the tours often stray from the main paths.
The Cemetery is closed to dogs on Saturdays from 11am – 3pm.
Reservations are required and a tour reservation is a $5 donation.
Saturday tours begin at 11 am, rain or shine. Visitors may meet docents at the front gate of the cemetery located at the corner of E St. and Potomac Ave.