Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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burial ground historic cemetery tourist attraction

Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. is a historic burial ground established in the early 19th century that serves as the resting place for numerous U.S. congressmen and other prominent national figures.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Congressional Cemetery	9
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. canonical	4
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo	Anacostia River ⓘ RFK Stadium ⓘ surface form: RFK Stadium area
coordinateLocation	38.881°N 76.979°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
foundedAs	Washington Parish Burial Ground ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	about 35 acres ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	19th-century funerary architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	associated with the United States Congress ⓘ national burial ground for early U.S. leaders ⓘ
hasImageSubject	rows of historic headstones and cenotaphs ⓘ
hasNearbyPublicTransit	Potomac Avenue station ⓘ surface form: Potomac Avenue Metro station
hasPart	Chapel ⓘ Congressional cenotaphs ⓘ Public Vault ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ
hasUse	active burial ground ⓘ memorial site ⓘ public park-like space ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://congressionalcemetery.org/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inception	1807 ⓘ
locatedIn	Capitol Hill ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
maintainedBy	Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery ⓘ
notableBurials	Catherine Filene Shouse ⓘ Elbridge Gerry ⓘ Henry Clay (cenotaph) ⓘ J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ John C. Calhoun (cenotaph) ⓘ John Philip Sousa ⓘ Mathew Brady (photographer) ⓘ surface form: Matthew Brady Tip O'Neill ⓘ surface form: Tip O’Neill many members of the U.S. Congress ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	67000025 ⓘ
offers	dog-walking memberships ⓘ guided tours ⓘ historical programs ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	Christ Church, Washington Parish ⓘ
significantEvent	designation as National Historic Landmark in 2011 ⓘ listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 ⓘ
streetAddress	1801 E Street SE ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elbridge Gerry → buriedAt → Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Dolley Madison → burialPlace → Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ

Elisha Whittlesey → burial place → Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ