On November 12 th , I attended the D.C. Cosplay Photo Shoots ’ meet-up held at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. This event was respectful to the cemetery and in line with other events they host, such as 5K runs, speaker series, movie nights, tours, and programming . In essence, the cemetery is going back to how early rural cemeteries were viewed and used as public parks. The Congressional Cemetery has been in operation for 207 years, and until the mid-1830s , almost every Congressman who died in D.C. was buried there. The cemetery became neglected during the 20 th century but was restored after being placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list as an endangered site, and a local group of dog owners who walked their dogs there thus began paying for its upkeep, Those initial dog owners became the K9 Corps who now pay an annual fee to walk their dogs off-leash in the cemetery, which makes up about ¼ of the cemeteries’ operating fu...
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