Congressional Cemetery
The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street in Washington, D.C., United States, in the Hill East neighborhood on the west bank of the Anacostia River.- Cemetery
- …lies at an elevation of 59 feet (18 metres)
- Opening hours:
Monday–Friday: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Saturday–Sunday: 8:00 AM–6:00 PM - Description: cemetery in Washington, DC
- Address: 1801 E Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003
- Email: staff@congressionalcemetery.org
- Also known as“American Westminster Abbey”“Congressional Burial Ground”“Congressional Cemetery Government Lots”“Historic Congressional Cemetery”“Washington Cemetery”“Washington Parish Burial Ground”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include D.C. Jail and Eastern Methodist Cemetery.
D.C. Jail
Prison
The District of Columbia Jail or the D.C. D.C. Jail is situated 860 feet northeast of Congressional Cemetery.
Eastern Methodist Cemetery
Cemetery
Eastern Methodist Cemetery, also known as Old Ebenezer… Eastern Methodist Cemetery is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Congressional Cemetery.
John Philip Sousa Bridge
Bridge
The John Philip Sousa Bridge, also known as the Sousa… John Philip Sousa Bridge is situated 1,500 feet south of Congressional Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hill East and Fairlawn.
Greenway
Neighborhood
Greenway is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Congressional Cemetery
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Latitude
38.88086° or 38° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
-76.97704° or 76° 58′ 37″ west
Open location code
87C5V2JF+85
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Congressional Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة الكونغرس”
- Azerbaijani: “Konqress qəbiristanlığı”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Кангрэса”
- Bengali: “কংগ্রেসনাল সমাধিস্থল”
- Catalan: “Cementiri del Congrés”
- Chinese: “美国国会公墓”
- Czech: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Czech: “Kongresový hřbitov”
- Dutch: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Esperanto: “Kongresa Tombejo”
- French: “cimetière du Congrès”
- French: “Cimetière du Congrès”
- French: “Congressional Cemetery”
- French: “Washington Parish Burial Ground”
- German: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות של הקונגרס”
- Hungarian: “Kongresszusi Temető”
- Indonesian: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Irish: “Reilig Washington”
- Italian: “cimitero del Congresso”
- Italian: “Cimitero del Congresso”
- Italian: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Italian: “Washington Parish Burial Ground”
- Japanese: “議会墓地”
- Japanese: “連邦議会共同墓地”
- Luxembourgish: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Polish: “Cmentarz Kongresowy”
- Polish: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério do Congresso”
- Russian: “кладбище Конгресса”
- Russian: “Кладбище Конгресса”
- Slovenian: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Congressional Cemetery”
- Tatar: “Кәнгрис зираты”
- Ukrainian: “Кладовище Конгреса”
- Urdu: “کانگریسی قبرستان”
- Welsh: “Mynwent y Gynghres”
- Western Panjabi: “کانگریسی قبرستان”
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