Congressional Cemetery

The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active located at 1801 E Street in , United States, in the neighborhood on the west bank of the .
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: staff@congressionalcemetery.org
  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Washington, DC
  • Also known as: “American Westminster Abbey”, “Congressional Burial Ground”, “Congressional Cemetery Government Lots”, “Historic Congressional Cemetery”, “Washington Cemetery”, and “Washington Parish Burial Ground”
  • Address: 1801 E Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include D.C. Jail and Eastern Methodist Cemetery.

Prison
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The District of Columbia Jail or the D.C. Central Detention Facility is a jail run by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the neighborhood of , U.S. is situated 860 feet northeast of Congressional Cemetery.

Cemetery
, also known as Old Ebenezer Cemetery and Ebenezer Cemetery, was a 4-acre located in the neighborhood of , in the United States. is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Congressional Cemetery.

Bridge
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The , also known as the Sousa Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, is a continuous steel plate girder bridge that carries Pennsylvania Avenue SE across the in , in the United States. is situated 1,500 feet south of Congressional Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hill East and Fairlawn.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in located in the of the city. It is bounded by the neighborhood at East Capitol Street SE to the north, by the to the east and south, and by at 15th Street to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast , United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in Southeast , in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by East Capitol Street SE, Interstate 295 SE, Fairlawn Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, The western part of the…

Congressional Cemetery

Latitude
38.88086° or 38° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
-76.97704° or 76° 58′ 37″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87C5V2JF+85
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43973522
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4138132
Wiki­data ID
Q2892262
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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”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barney Circle and Near Southeast.

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