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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CONG_210731_014.JPG: Heroes of 1814 -- Star-Spangled Banner Historic Trail -- Congressional Cemetery, founded 1807, is the resting ground for many War of 1812 figures. Among them are Navy Yard Commandant Thomas Tingey, the first architect of the Capitol, Dr. William Thornton, State Department Clerk Stephen Pleasonton, and National Intelligencer newspaper editor Joseph Gales. Chocktaw Indian Chief Pushmataha, who served with Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans, is also buried here. Joseph Gale's grave maker memorializes the editor of the National Intelligencer as "a journalist of the highest integrity." Saving the Declaration: Thanks to Stephen Pleasonton, the Declaration of Independence escaped the flames of August 1814. Just before the British arrived, Pleasonton rounded up 22 carts, loaded them with the nation's most precious documents, and led them to safety in Leesburg, Virginia. Stephen Pleasonton, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Choctaw Chief Pushmataha, Basement chamber in Leesburg, VA that stored precious federal documents. Photograph by Ralph Eshelman In the summer of 1814 the United States had been at war with Great Britain for two years. Battlefronts had erupted from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. On August 24, following their victory over the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland, British troops marched on Washington with devastating results. The Star-Spangled Banner Historic Trail reveals sites of the War of 1812 in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland. Visit ChesapeakeExplorerApp.com or download the Chesapeake Explorer App.
2. CONG_210731_035.JPG: Your donations have helped this cemetery go from that... to this!
3. CONG_210731_044.JPG: Billy Santford Ashley Sept. 29, 1938 Educator World Traveler Author and Everyday Was XMas
4. CONG_210731_049.JPG: Forever In Our Hearts Those we loved don't go away. They walk beside us every day. Gerald A. Connolly 1939-2019
5. CONG_210731_055.JPG: James "Jim" McMillan Nielson Graham Aug 26. 1946 - June 11, 2007 Public Servant * AIDS Activist DC Council Member Ward One 1999-2015 Advocate for those without a voice Jim Graham From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James McMillan Nielson Graham (August 26, 1945 – June 11, 2017) was a Scottish-born American politician and a member of the Council of the District of Columbia. He was a Democrat who represented Ward 1 in Washington, D.C. from 1999 until 2015.
6. CONG_210731_061.JPG: Ne Oublie [ French: Never Forget ]
7. CONG_210731_066.JPG: Congressional Cemetery "A cemetery is not a gloomy place that speaks of death, but a vigorous entity that vibrates with life." Edward Streeter (1891-1976) Edward Streeter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Streeter (August 1, 1891 in Buffalo, New York – March 31, 1976 in New York City), sometimes credited as E. Streeter, was an American novelist and journalist, best known for the 1949 novel Father of the Bride and his Dere Mable series.
8. CONG_210731_071.JPG: Dog memorials
9. CONG_210731_079.JPG: Association of State Presidents Flora Adams Darling Founder and First President National United States Daughters of 1812 Flora Adams Darling From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flora Adams Darling (July 25, 1840 – January 6, 1910) was an American author. She is primarily noted for playing a role in founding the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1890.
10. CONG_210731_083.JPG: Beloved Cokie
11. CONG_210731_087.JPG: Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts [aka Cokie Roberts] Dec. 22, 1943 - Sept. 17, 2019
12. CONG_210731_103.JPG: Honorable Thomas Hall Boggs 1914-1972 Representative of the State of Louisiana 80-92 Congresses 77, Majority Whip Majority Leader Hale Boggs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House majority leader and a member of the Warren Commission. In 1972, while he was still majority leader, Boggs was on a fundraising drive in Alaska when the twin engine airplane in which he was travelling with Alaska congressman Nick Begich and two others, disappeared while flying from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska.
13. CONG_210731_119.JPG: Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us every day. Forever In Our Hearts Thomas Stephen Foley 1929-2013 Tom Foley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented Washington's fifth district for thirty years (1965–1995). He was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign. Born in Spokane, Washington, Foley attended Gonzaga University and pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle. He joined the staff of Senator Henry M. Jackson after working as a prosecutor and an assistant attorney general. With Jackson's support, Foley won election to the House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Walt Horan. He served as Majority Whip from 1981 to 1987 and as Majority Leader from 1987 to 1989. After the resignation of Jim Wright, Foley became Speaker of the House. Foley's district had become increasingly conservative during his tenure, but he won re-election throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. In the 1994 election, Foley faced attorney George Nethercutt. Nethercutt mobilized popular anger over Foley's opposition to term limits to defeat the incumbent Speaker. After leaving the House, Foley served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.
14. CONG_210731_134.JPG: Jacob Brown From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jacob Jennings Brown (May 9, 1775 – February 24, 1828) was known for his victories as an American army officer in the War of 1812, where he reached the rank of general. His successes on the northern border during that war made him a national hero, and he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. Even as the US Army was reduced in size after the war, Brown retained commissioned status. In 1821, Brown was appointed Commanding General of the United States Army and held that post until his death. He initiated post-graduate education for staff and command officers, and the General Recruiting Service, to manage acquiring troops. After his death, he received a military funeral in Washington, DC, with a mile-long parade along Pennsylvania Avenue to his burial at Congressional Cemetery.
15. CONG_210731_145.JPG: Mary Jane Lenz Curator * Grandma * Loving Friend 1930-2016
16. CONG_210731_151.JPG: Richard Rothwell
17. CONG_210731_156.JPG: Joseph Frank Citro
18. CONG_210731_159.JPG: Johannes Marius de Waardt
19. CONG_210731_165.JPG: Don't be sad, be glad. Be happy for me. I'll be home come sundown in the land where I'm free. Though you think you're alone, by your side I will be. Don't be sad. Be happy for me.
20. CONG_210731_170.JPG: Adam Jeffrey Zielinksi
21. CONG_210731_179.JPG: Barbara A. Mowar
22. CONG_210731_182.JPG: Flora Adams Darling
23. CONG_210731_189.JPG: Chester Oliver Hill
24. CONG_210731_199.JPG: In loving memory of Elizabeth Reeves Eydt
25. CONG_210731_206.JPG: And a little child will lead them. -- Isaiah 11:6
26. CONG_210731_209.JPG: Antonio Tobias Mendez From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Antonio Tobias Mendez (born 1963) is an American sculptor. Works Mendez has produced over twenty public monuments: his sculptures include Thurgood Marshall, Don Shula, Mohandas Gandhi, Major Taylor, and part of the United States Navy Memorial. In 2011, Mendez was nominated as one of the three finalists to complete the Bill Russell statue in the city of Boston at the City Hall Plaza. He also created bronze sculptures of the six Baltimore Orioles greats whose uniform numbers were retired by the ballclub, which are located in the picnic area behind the bullpens beyond left-center field at Camden Yards.
27. CONG_210731_222.JPG: John Philip Sousa
28. CONG_210731_226.JPG: Congressional Cemetery John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), known as the "March King," grew up in Washington on G Street SE, between 6th and 7th. Sousa became leader of the Marine Band in 1880 and served in this position for 12 years, leading band tours around the United States, as well as concerts at the White House, Capitol grounds, state dinners, and receptions. Sousa was praised by 5 presidents and wrote and contributed over 100 marches, 10 light operas, and other works. Musicians continue to play Sousa's music to this day, and bands from around the world come to play at his grave.
29. CONG_210731_230.JPG: September 11 Memorial Grove This path is the official Ward 6, September 11, 2001 Memorial honoring and remembering those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. It was designed to be a sensory experience to enable reflection and healing. Follow the crushed brick path, shaded by trees, to the 9/11 Healing Poles, and rest on the teak benches at the end of the path. Remembrance For those who no longer hear noisy leaves shimming in the summer breeze... For those who might have sought shelter from the mid-day sun under a nave of gnarled hornbeams. For those who would drive in the quiet space amid a grove of flowering trees... For those who perished on September 11, 2001
30. CONG_210731_242.JPG: Brianna Marie Tringale
31. CONG_210731_246.JPG: In loving memory Brianna Marie Tringate September 17, 1984 - March 08, 2019 A smile we will remember for the rest of our lives.
32. CONG_210731_261.JPG: Peace – War SOVERIGNTY [sic] A male bear represents Father Sky above the Grandfather Sun. The eagles are symbols of courage and great vision. Held up by the strength and endurance of the bears, they remind us that as we move forward with courage as a united people, we must use our great vision to make the right choices to protect our liberty and freedom. A female bear represents Mother Earth above the Grandmother Moon on the Turtle's shell. Liberty - Freedom The Symbolism of the Poles The classic structure represents a house, reminding all Americans we live under one roof. The colors red, yellow. black and white are united in these poles representing the diversity of the United States. The Liberty Pole depicts a female bear with a "grandmother moon" in her abdomen. The Freedom Pole depicts a male bear with "grandfather sun." The 34-foot Sovereignty Crossbar joining the latter two poles has eagles carved on each end, with two sets of seven feathers representing American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. The female eagle symbolizes peace, and the male symbolizes war. The poles honor those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families and men and women in uniform that gave their lives for our freedom and liberty - policeman, firemen, soldiers. Lummi Nation of Washington State Open Spaces * Sacred Places "Native people know what grief is. We know what pain and suffering is. But we also know how to put our arms around one another" -- Jewell Praying Wolf James, Master Carver. of the House of Tears Carvers Congressional Cemetery Capitol Hill Community Foundation The Turtle: Lummi carvers of Washington State felt a spiritual call to add the turtle to the healing pole as they were carving, but did not understand why they felt called to include this symbol. During their journey, the poles made stops in nearly 40 American Indian Nations where they were prayed over and blesses by tribes. It was not until the end of the 4,500 mile journey across the continent when the poles were delivered into the care of the Piscataway Tribe of Maryland, that the deeper connection was revealed: the Turtle is also the Piscataway clan symbol and the Anacostia river bank was their homeland where the healing poles now reside. Originally located at the Pentagon in 2004, Liberty and Freedom, are one of 3 memorial totems - Healing, located outside New York City, and Honoring located in Shankesville, PA. More than 80 people from the Lummi are other Nations helped harvest, prepare, carve and paint the healing poles. The poles are meant too connect the past and present. While it may commemorate a tragedy or honor the dead, its power reaches beyond the loss to actually touch each viewer with the power to heal grief.
33. CONG_210731_295.JPG: Anti-Mask Meeting Tonight Saturday, Jan. 25 Dreamland Rink To protest against the unhealthy mask ordinance Extracts wiil be read from State Board of Health Bulletin showing compulsory mask covering to be a failure. Eugene E. Schmitz and other interesting speakers. Admission Free.
34. CONG_210731_298.JPG: Spanish Flu Victim Lena Mueller Died February 3, 1919 At the age of 29 Influenza Spread by droplets sprayed from nose and throat Cover each COUGH and SNEEZE with handkerchief. Spread by contact. AVOID CROWDS. If possible, WALK TO WORK. Do not spit on floor or sidewalk. Do not use common drinking cups and common towels. Avoid excessive fatigue. If taken ill, go to bed and send for a doctor. The above applies also to colds, bronchitis, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. US Public Health Service Poster 1918
35. CONG_210731_306.JPG: The Passing Enemy Influenza? Gordon Brewster Gordon Brewster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Gordon Brewster (26 September 1889 – 16 June 1946) was an Irish illustrator and editorial cartoonist. He was born at 15 D'Olier Street, Dublin, the son of William Theodore Brewster, secretary, and Susan McConnell. He was educated at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. His father was general manager of the Irish Independent newspaper, and Gordon joined the paper as a staff artist in 1906. He drew cartoons mainly on money matters for the daily paper, and had a regular cartoon called "This, That and the Other" for the Sunday Independent. Brewster was one of the first artists to produce cover artwork for the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland. Three years after his death he was remembered as "the first good artist to serve the Society" after the "amateurish" contributions of earlier artists. His covers for the Society include The Saddest Death of All by Rev. J. J. Gaffney, A Dreadful Holocaust by M. J. O'Mullane and The Alcoholic Road by Henry Morris. Gordon Brewster died at Howth on 16 June 1946, aged 56, from cardiac failure and atheroma of the coronary artery. He is buried alongside his parents in Kilbarrack Cemetery.
36. CONG_210731_308.JPG: Caroline Pauline Mueller (Lena) was born on April 12, 1889 in Washington DC. She was the older of two children of Jacob C. and Louise K. Mueller. Her brother George was born in 1891. In 1915, Lena married Milton Howard Davis, a musician. They lived at the Mueller residence at 906 South Carolina Ave. SE. They did not have children. Lena died of the Spanish flu on February 3, 1919. She was 29 years old. nearly 3,000 DC residents succumbed to the 1918-1919 pandemic which killed more than 600,000 nationwide. Milton remarried and died in 1967 after a long musical career.
37. CONG_210731_314.JPG: Evening Star, October 30, 1967 Milton Davis, Band Leader, Organist Here for 30 Years
38. CONG_210731_322.JPG: Jacob C. Mueller Dies Here, Aged 72 Member of Board of Directors of German Orphan Asylum, Funeral to be Friday
39. CONG_210731_325.JPG: Lena's passport application, 6/30/1913 Note her self-description at the bottom
40. CONG_210731_333.JPG: Age: 23 years Statue: 5 feet, 4-1/2 inches (Eng) Forehead: Broad Eyes: Hazel Nose: Straight Mouth: Normal Chin: Round Hair: Brown Complexion: Fair Face: Full
41. CONG_210731_336.JPG: Eat more onions One of the best preventatives for influenza. Car load of onions will be on sale on siding at Bessemer Freight Station. Today and Tomorrow Will be sold direct from car Bring your own sacks or baskets if possible The prices are right J.W. Gardocky, Grower
42. CONG_210731_340.JPG: Attention! Sick Women To do your duty during these trying times your health should be your first consideration. These two women tell how they found health. ... Why Not Try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
43. CONG_210731_355.JPG: Robert James Conly 1937-2018 A Blessing to All Sonia Rempel Conly 1938 Strives to be a Mensch [ I had always though "mensch" meant manly but I was ignorant. It means "a person of integrity and honor."]
44. CONG_210731_363.JPG: Belva Ann Lockwood From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and author. She was active in working for women's rights, including women's suffrage. Lockwood overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions. After college, she became a teacher and principal, working to equalize pay for women in education. She supported the movement for world peace, and was a proponent of the Temperance movement. Lockwood graduated from law school in Washington, D.C., and became one of the first female lawyers in the United States. In 1879, she successfully petitioned Congress to be allowed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, becoming the first woman attorney given this privilege. Lockwood ran for president in 1884 and 1888 on the ticket of the National Equal Rights Party and was the first woman to appear on official ballots. While Victoria Woodhull is commonly cited as the first woman to run for president, she was not old enough to run, unlike Lockwood.
45. CONG_210731_369.JPG: Brooks "If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is even if we're apart...: I'll always be with you." A.A. Milne
46. CONG_210731_373.JPG: 279th Station Hospital Berlin
47. CONG_210731_375.JPG: Angela Ellen Gillibrand
48. CONG_210731_386.JPG: Elizabeth Brown 1868-1915
49. CONG_210731_395.JPG: Tom was a man of exceptional brilliance and strength whose devotion and love for his family inspired all who knew him. He was a proud "American by choice", a powerful voice for the cause of all humanity, a champion of human rights and a devoted friend to Hungary and Israel. His message remains eternally relevant: "The veneer of civilization is paper thin -- we are its guardians and we can never sleep." -- Tom Lantos
50. CONG_210731_401.JPG: Thomas Peter Lantos
51. CONG_210731_426.JPG: Herbert L. Clarke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert Lincoln Clarke (September 12, 1867 – January 30, 1945) was an American cornetist, feature soloist, bandmaster, and composer. He is considered the most prominent cornetist of his time. Clarke's legacy includes composing a portion of the standard repertoire for the instrument, many recordings, as well as a seminal school of playing which emphasized not only technical aptitude, but also increased warmth and lyricism of tone. He also produced several method books that are still used by brass students.
52. CONG_210731_429.JPG: Sarah A. Johnson
53. CONG_210731_447.JPG: Congressional Cemetery Government Lots Civil War Washington City Over the course of the Civil War, the nation's capital was transformed. The dignified government city Pierre Charles L'Enfant laid out in 1791 was hardened into a sprawling military center. Encircled by strong defenses, the District of Columbia was among the most-heavily fortified cities in the world from 1861-1865. As fighting continued and Union casualties rose, the US Army created a medical center to care for injured soldiers flooding the city. A long hospital served the city in April 1861. Five years later, there were 100 or more. The two largest hospitals -- Freedman and Lincoln -- each housed in excess of 2,000 patients. Armory Square, Carver, Emory, and Mount Pleasant hospitals each contained 1,000 or more beds. Washington City's population skyrocketed when 30,000 fugitive slaves arrived in search of freedom and opportunity. When the Compensated Emancipation Act became law on April 16, 1862, it became the first emancipated city in America. Thousands of freedmen enlisted here and served in the US Colored Troops. The Burial Ground: Congressional Cemetery was established as Washington Parish Burial Ground in 1807. It started on 4.5 acres in the southeast quadrant of the city bounded by E, G, 18th and 19th streets. In 1816, the landowner, Christ Church, identified 100 gravesites in which to bury US Congress members who died in the city. Eligibility later extended to other government officials. About 1820, it became the practice here to memorialize notables with a "cenotaph." A headstone marks a grave; a cenotaph usually does not. Of the 169 cenotaphs here, about fifty mark a burial. By 1876, Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia surpassed Congressional Cemetery as the preferred destination for deceased national leaders. US government property within Congressional Cemetery is made up of many separate lots - 806 sites contains 469 burials. These are marked with government-issued headstones, cenotaphs, or other private memorial objects. Civil War Burials: In 1868, the US Army reported seventy-nine Union soldiers interred in Congressional Cemetery. The men likely died at military facilities nearby. Most Union soldiers who died in the Washington area were buried in the national cemetery established in August 1861 at the Soldiers' Home (now Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, DC), and after 1863 at Arlington National Cemetery. A government lot in Congressional became the final resting place of young women killed in the June 17, 1864, Washington Arsenal explosion. Their funeral, attended by President Abraham Lincoln and hundreds of mourners, took place two days later. Fifteen victims were buried in Range 97-98, Sites 142-146; two others were interred in family plots in the cemetery. A year after the tragedy, the 26-foot-tall, white marble Arsenal Monument was erected to honor the women. Funded by private donations and designed by Lot Flannery, it is described with the names of the twenty-one victims below the allegorical female figure of "Grief."
54. CONG_210731_454.JPG: Watercolor of Congressional Cemetery by Benjamin Latrobe, c. 1812. Considered America's first architect, Latrobe is credited with the cenotaph design seen here. Originally painted white, the geometrical memorial markers were constructed from Aquia Sandstone.
55. CONG_210731_458.JPG: Monument For the Victims of June 17th. The committee (Messrs Dudley, Burch, King and Johnson) to receive proposals for the erection of a monument at the Congressional Cemetery over the remains of the victims by the explosion at the Arsenal in June last, have awarded the contract to Flannery & Bros. of this city. The accepted bid is $3,000. The design is a very handsome one, the monument to be of Italian marble, 25 feet high, surmounted by a statue of Grief, and with an inscription bearing the names of the victims. The monument to be completed, by the terms of the contract by the 15th of May 1865. There were nineteen designs offered for the monument -- two from Hartford, Ct., three from New York, on from Baltimore, and the others from this city. It is a matter of pride to the city that the handsomest design, and upon the best terms of construction, come from our own artizens. -- Contract notice from The (Washington) Evening Star, November 26, 1864.
56. CONG_210731_460.JPG: A ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, DC, c. 1863
57. CONG_210731_470.JPG: Stephen Joshua Solarz 1940-2010 Distinguished member of the United States House of Representatives 1975-1993 Steadfast friend of the oppressed. Champion of Freedom. Stephen J. Solarz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stephen Joshua Solarz (September 12, 1940 – November 29, 2010) was a United States Congressional Representative from New York. Solarz was both an outspoken critic of President Ronald Reagan's deployment of Marines to Lebanon in 1982 and a cosponsor of the 1991 Gulf War Authorization Act during the Presidency of George H. W. Bush.
58. CONG_210731_485.JPG: Leonard Oberlander Joyce Palmer
59. CONG_210731_497.JPG: Little Free Library @ Congressional Cemetery
60. CONG_210731_501.JPG: Books For the Living
Wikipedia Description: Congressional Cemetery
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The Congressional Cemetery is an historic cemetery located at 1801 E Street, SE, in Washington, D.C., on the bank of the Anacostia River. It is the final resting place of hundreds of individuals who helped form the nation and the city of Washington in the early 1800s. Many members of United States Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional. Other burials include the early land owners and speculators, the builders and architects of the great buildings of Washington, native American diplomats, mayors of Washington, and hundreds of Civil War veterans. Nineteenth-century Washington, D.C. families unaffiliated with the federal government have also had graves and tombs at the cemetery. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1969.

It was first established by private citizens in 1807 and later given over to Christ Church, which later gave it the name Washington Parish Burial Ground. By 1817 sites were set aside for government legislators and officials; this includes cenotaphs for many legislators buried elsewhere. The cenotaphs were designed by Benjamin Latrobe. The Latrobe design consists of a large square block with recessed panels set on a wider plinth and surmounted by a conical point. The design is considered a rare and possibly unique example of Visionary architecture in the United States, of the kind practiced by the 18th-century French visionary architects Etienne-Louis Boull�e and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

The cemetery is still owned by Christ Church but is now managed by the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery (APHCC). In recent years, Congressional has witnessed a great turn around in its situation. Where the grass was unmowed in 2000, the board now has established an endowment fund that will maintain the lawn in perpetuity. The Association hosts over 500 volunteers each year working on a wide variety of projects: from planting bulbs to resetting tombstones to pruning trees, doing research, and writing a newsletter.

The Association web site is by far the most expansive cemetery web site with over 25,000 obituaries, news clips back to the 1820s, then and now photographs, and transcripts of descriptions of early Washington. Various themed tours are in the works and some available on the web site highlighting many of the everyday patriots that helped form the Nation and its capital city. [www.congressionalcemetery.org]

The cemetery celebrated its bicentennial in 2007 with a Heritage Festival on May 19, 2007 on the grounds of the cemetery. The Festival included marching bands (honoring John Philip Sousa), Civil War re-enactors, stone conservation demonstrations, several themed tours, landscape and watershed management demonstrations, stone rubbings and other activities.

Congressional Cemetery is also known for allowing members of the APHCC to walk dogs off-leash on the cemetery grounds. In addition to their annual dues, K-9 Corps members pay an additional fee for the privilege of walking their dog in one of Washington, DC's great open spaces. K-9 Corps members provide about one-third of Congressional Cemetery's operating income. Dog walkers follow a set of rules and regulations and provide valuable volunteer time to restore and beautify this historic place. The K-9 Corps maintains a web presence at [www.cemeterydogs.org]

The K-9 Corps program is near-universally recognized as providing the impetus for the revitalization of Congressional Cemetery, which had fallen into tremendous disrepair and neglect prior to the program's creation. In 2008, the Association will restrict K-9 membership, and is placing restrictions on the dogwalkers, now that the cemetery is on the upswing.

Notable interments:

* Joseph Anderson, Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury
* William Lee Ball, War of 1812 soldier, U.S. Congressman
* Theodorick Bland, U.S. Congressman
* Thomas Blount, Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. Congressman
* Mathew Brady, photographer
* William A. Burwell, U.S. Congressman, Thomas Jefferson's private secretary
* Joseph Goldsborough Bruff, architect, U.S. Army Captain, topographer
* John W. Carrington former Fire Chief of Washington, D.C.
* John Dawson, U.S. Congressman
* Owen Thomas Edgar, last surviving Mexican-American War veteran
* Mary Fuller, silent film actress
* John Gaillard, U.S. Senator
* Elbridge Gerry, U.S. Vice President and the only signer of the Declaration of Independence buried in Washington, D.C.
* James Gillespie, Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. Congressman
* William Montrose Graham, Jr., Major General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War
* George Hadfield, architect
* Archibald Henderson, the longest serving Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
* David Herold, conspirator of the Abraham Lincoln assassination
* J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director
* Robertson Howard, attorney, editor for West Publishing, and founder of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
* Samuel Humphreys, Chief Constructor of the Navy
* Adelaide Johnson, sculptor, social reformer
* Charles West Kendall, U.S. Congressman
* Horatio King, U.S. Postmaster General
* Joseph Lovell, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
* Alexander Macomb, Jr., Revolutionary War officer
* Leonard Matlovich, gay-rights activist and Air Force veteran
* Robert Mills, architect
* James Noble, U.S. Senator
* William Pinkney, Attorney General, statesman, diplomat
* Push-Ma-Ha-Ta, Native American (Choctaw) Chief
* Edith Nourse Rogers, reformer, U.S. Congresswoman
* Alexander Smyth, lawyer, soldier, U.S. Congressman
* John Philip Sousa, composer
* Richard Stanford, U.S. Congressman
* William Taylor, U.S. Congressman
* William Thornton, architect
* Thomas Tingey, U.S. Navy officer
* Clyde Tolson, associate director of the FBI
* Joseph Gilbert Totten, military officer, regent of the Smithsonian Institution
* Uriah Tracy, U.S. Congressman: subsequently U.S. Senator
* William Upham, U.S. Senator
* Abel P. Upshur, lawyer, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Secretary of State
* Charles H. Upton, U.S. Congressman, consul to Switzerland
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