Washington Parish Burial Ground

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Washington Parish Burial Ground is the original name of what became Congressional Cemetery, a historic burial ground in Washington, D.C.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
19thCenturyUse burial place for members of Congress ⓘ
affiliatedWith Christ Church, Washington Parish ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Washington Parish Burial Ground and Cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith United States Congress ⓘ
federal government of the United States ⓘ
cemeteryLayout grid of burial plots with walkways ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
denomination Episcopal ⓘ
establishedIn 1807 ⓘ
evolvedInto nationally significant historic cemetery ⓘ
foundedBy Christ Church, Washington Parish ⓘ
function cemetery for residents of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance associated with development of the U.S. capital city ⓘ
reflects early Washington, D.C. social history ⓘ
hasGraveType family plots ⓘ
individual headstones ⓘ
hasSuccessor Congressional Cemetery ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of a National Historic Landmark site ⓘ
part of a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
landUse funerary ⓘ
locatedIn Capitol Hill ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFeature early 19th-century funerary art ⓘ
tombstones of early Washington, D.C. residents ⓘ
originalNameOf Congressional Cemetery ⓘ
partOf historic fabric of Capitol Hill neighborhood ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christ Church, Washington Parish ⓘ
usedFor burial of government officials ⓘ
burial of local parishioners ⓘ

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Congressional Cemetery → foundedAs → Washington Parish Burial Ground ⓘ
Washington Parish Burial Ground → alsoKnownAs → Washington Parish Burial Ground and Cemetery ⓘ
linked to: Washington Parish Burial Ground