Back to bucket list items. On Saturday, November 10, Stephanie and I did something we have talked about since the creation our our bucket list. The Congressional Cemetery is in Southeast DC and is also a dog park - so I call this pet cemetery :) ha! The cemetery has been a cemetery since 1790. The cemetery was created 50 years before Arlington National Cemetery. The Congressional Cemetery made sense for congressmen to be buried. Until the mid-1830's almost all congressmen were buried here. Over the years the cemetery grew to 35 acres and is still owned by Christ Church.
You can do a free tour of the cemetery - but we didn't know that and when we got there it was too late for the tour - but they have a free app that you can download and it will track your GPS and tell you interesting stories about the people who are buried here.
Fall time in DC in beautiful and the cemetery is no exception.
We spent about 2 hours here and it did not disappoint - I do want to come back in the spring and take the tour. Highly recommend this place.
Since we were close, we went to the Pretzel Bakery - it's amazing! I wish it was closer to where I live, but then again I would go there every day and that wouldn't be a good idea. Best pretzels ever!
Perfect fall day with a good friend!
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