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The Congressional Cemetery—allegedly the hippest cemetery in American—is hosting twilight tours of its headstones just in time for Halloween.
For the next two weekends, the cemetery will be hosting “Soul Strolls: Twilight Tours at Congressional Cemetery” through the final resting place of many notables, including J. Edgar Hoover and Leonard Matlovich, the first gay service member to come out. These tours mark one of the rare occasions the cemetery is open to the public at night. (It’s usually only open between dawn and dusk.) Guides on hour-long tours will tell the stories behind the headstones of carpenters, suffragists, politicians, and bootleggers who are interred there. Some of these stories will be interpreted by people in costumes.
Kids are allowed, but there will be beer and wine available for sale, as well as hot cider. Arrive early to enjoy a glass of wine and listen to music before your tour takes off.
Soul Strolls: Twilight Tours will be happening on the evenings of October 16, 17, 23, 24. The cemetery will be open 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on these nights, and tours will happen every 20 minutes between 6 and 9 p.m. You can buy tickets here. They’re $20 for adults and $10 for kids under 12. Historic Congressional Cemetery is located at 1801 E Street SE.
