Tour of Historic Congressional Cemetery, D.C.!

Tour of Historic Congressional Cemetery D.C.!

Congressional Cemetery east of Capitol Hill and close to RFK Stadium is one of the most historic and fascinating graveyards in the nation. Among those who’ve been laid to rest there are famed musician John Philip Sousa as well as J. Edgar Hoover and his rumored lover and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. And the bodies of Dolley Madison and John Quincy Adams kept there in a public vault until their burials elsewhere. Presidential assassins and Nazi saboteurs were executed at the nearby prison.

MEET: At the front entrance of the cemetery.

The graveyard which dates from 1807 also contains the remains of civilians killed in a horrific munitions blowup whose funeral President Lincoln attended and those who died in the U.S. Navy’s worst accident. The place is linked to noted architects Benjamin Latrobe and William Thornton the original designers of the Capitol Building and to America's first female journalist. For generations Congress itself maintained the cemetery and today its upkeep is aided by local residents.

When: Sunday Aug. 18 5 pm.

What: A walking tour of D.C.’s most famed and politically charged graveyard

Where: Meet at Potomac Ave SOUTHEAST and 18th St. Washington DC 20003

Length. About 2 hours.

Questions? Contact: [email protected]

Our packed itinerary will draw from:

• The mysterious vault that contained the remains of Dolley Madison and John Quincy Adams

• The local resident who composed the Marine Corps marches while hating recorded music

• "The statue of Infinity"

• The gravesite of D.C.’s “Mayor for Life” Marion Barry and D.C.'s bloodiest terrorist act!

• The astonishing memorial to D.C.’s most successful “lady of the evening”

• The more recently deceased such as FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover and House Speaker Tip O’Neill

• The architect whose beguiling sister bewitched Thomas Jefferson

• The Cabinet officers who were killed in the worst peace-time Navy accident in American history--and the wild funeral that ensued!

• The Choctaw Indian chief of the Battle of New Orleans plus an Apache chief and a Northwest Native-American shrine!

• The Navy commander faced with the toughest decision imaginable

• Intriguing funereal architecture

• The man who taught politics the gerrymander

• A memorial to Irish immigrants slain in one of the Civil War’s worst accidents

• Figures from the largest slave escape in history

• The great photographer of the War Between the States

• The Lincoln assassination conspirator who hid among the graves and the final resting place of another major Lincoln killer.

• Where a presidential assassin was hanged and where Nazi saboteurs were executed

• The man who designed the Washington Monument the National Portrait Gallery and the Treasury Building and his critics’ vicious attacks on his skill

• The Marine Corps’ longest-serving and possibly bravest Commandant

• The son of the man who saved the original Declaration of Independence and Constitution

• Ghosts and goblins among the ruins

And more!

Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show” and ex-White House speechwriter. He is the author of:

The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-white-houses-unruly-neighborhood-edward-p-moser/1131103788?ean=9781476636931

And The Old Town Horror:

https://www.amazon.com/OLD-TOWN-HORROR-Americas-Historic-ebook/dp/B0BX27RWYG

And The Lost History of the Capitol:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069892404115&eav=AfYtnhIMU8cAGS_zVQ9AxO1wmm6yirENZ1q6EZ01yB4Q_ccUV_oRESzE95ndHKo-088&paipv=0&_rdr

We’re on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28970-d12791843-Reviews-Lafayette_Square_Tour_of_Scandal_Assassination_Intrigue-Washington_DC_District_of.html

Think history’s boring? Not a chance! Join us at one of the capital's most intriguing locales.

MEET: At the front entrance of the cemetery.

Host or Publisher Ed Moser