Congressional Cemetery
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| Established | April 4, 1807 |
| Location | 1801 E Street SE, Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Christ Church |
| Size | 35.75 acres (14 ha) |
| Website | Official Site |
| Find a Grave | Congressional Cemetery |
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Congressional Cemetery
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| Coordinates | 38°52′52″N 76°58′38″W / 38.88111°N 76.97722°WCoordinates: 38°52′52″N 76°58′38″W / 38.88111°N 76.97722°W |
| Architect | Benjamin Latrobe, others |
| NRHP Reference # | 69000292 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 23, 1969 |
| Designated NHL | June 14, 2011 |
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 How Congressional Cemetery Got Its Name, NPR
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 Washington Friday Journal, July 5, 1996, segments 1:57:30-2:08:00 and 2:27:30-3:00:05, C-SPAN
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Congressional Cemetery, Part 1, 27 minutes, C-SPAN
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Congressional Cemetery, Part 2, 29 minutes, C-SPAN
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The Congressional Cemetery or Washington Parish Burial Ground is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., on the west bank of the Anacostia River. It is the only American "cemetery of national memory" founded before the Civil War. Over 65,000 individuals are buried or memorialized at the cemetery, including many who helped form the nation and the city of Washington in the early 19th century.
Though the cemetery is privately owned, the U.S. government owns 806 burial plots administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Congress, located about a mile and a half (2.4 km) to the northwest, has greatly influenced the history of the cemetery. The cemetery still sells plots, and is an active burial ground. From the Washington Metro, the cemetery lies three blocks east of the Potomac Avenue station and two blocks south of the Stadium-Armory station.
Many members of the U.S. Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional Cemetery. Other burials include early landowners and speculators, the builders and architects of early Washington, Native American diplomats, Washington mayors, and Civil War veterans. Nineteenth-century Washington, D.C. families unaffiliated with the federal government also have graves and tombs at the cemetery.
In all, there are one Vice President, one Supreme Court justice, six Cabinet members, 19 Senators and 71 Representatives (including a former Speaker of the House) buried there, as well as veterans of every American war, and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1969, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011.
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