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Home / Welcome Calendar Sunday Schedule Prayer List Sermons Stewardship About Us History Communications Library Photo Gallery Site Map Contact Us Sunday School at both 8:15 and 11 each week. What's New: Our mission is to be a welcoming, diverse, thankful, and joyous Episcopal community of faith committed to nurturing its members and neighbors through worship and service. Please join us. |
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 Historic Congressional Cemetery
  Named one of 11 “endangered historic sites” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the cemetery is owned by Christ Church and is now successfully managed by the non-profit Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery. Christ Church still is actively involved in the workings of the cemetery through membership on the board and an active volunteer program. The rector is an ex-officio member of the board. The cemetery at 18th and E Streets SE has been Christ Church's burial ground since it's founding in nnnn. Famous parishioners interred at Congressional Cemetery include John Philip Sousa. There is a concert at HCC November 6 each year to commemorate Sousa's birthday.  Several Christ Church parishioners serve as docents for guided walking tours of the cemetery.Patrick Crowley, Chairperson www.congressionalcemetery.org Picnic at Congressional won at the 2010 St. Patrick's Auction. Patrick Crowley, Chairman of the Cemetery Board, led a personal walking tour of the grounds.    Read a 1913 history of HCC: Washington Parish Burial Ground (Congressional Cemetery) 1807-1913, The Vestry. Updated: Dec 9, 2010
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