Tour of Historic Congressional Cemetery, D.C.!!

1801 E Street Southeast,Washington DC 20003

27 March, 2021

Description

Tour of Scenic Congressional Cemetery, D.C., Rich History and Culture Congressional Cemetery, east of Capitol Hill and Nationals 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. Note: This is a Live tour. We'll follow precautions. 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. Our packed itinerary will draw from: • The local resident who composed the Marine Corps marches while hating recorded music • The mysterious vault that contained the remains of Dolley Madison and John Quincy Adams • "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, and author of: The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-white-houses-unruly-neighborhood-edward-p-moser/1131103788?ean=9781476636931 Our new podcast!: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1556351366 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? Think again!