This video is made possible by a grant from the East York Rotary Club.

Congressional Cemetery is a 35-acre historic yet active burial ground located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Initially known as the Washington Parish Burial Ground, Congressional became the first cemetery of national memory, as Congress bought sites, buried noted civil servants and financed the infrastructure.

Among the nearly 70,000 burials at Congressional are scores of noteworthy citizens who left their mark on the city and the nation. In this video we will take a look at:

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HISTORIC CENOTAPHS

THE PUBLIC VAULT

GRAVE OF WILLIAM WIRT

GRAVE OF BELVA ANN LOCKWOOD

GRAVE OF MATHEW BRADY

GRAVE OF J. EDGAR HOOVER

GRAVE OF ELBRIDGE GERRY

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You can learn more about this Congressional Cemetery at:  https://congressionalcemetery.org/