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-The '''Congressional Cemetery''', officially '''Washington Parish Burial Ground''', is a historic and active [[cemetery]] located at 1801 E Street, [[Southeast (Washington, D.C.)|S.E.]], in [[Washington, D.C.]], on the west bank of the [[Anacostia River]]. It is the only American "cemetery of [[national memory]]" founded before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name = "NHL nom p4">National Historic Landmark Nomination, p. 4</ref> Over 65,000 individuals are buried or memorialized at the cemetery, including many who helped form the nation and Washington, D.C., in the early 19th century.<ref name="congressional cemetery website"/>
+The '''Congressional Cemetery''', officially '''Washington Parish Burial Ground''', is a historic and active [[cemetery]] located at 1801 E Street, [[Southeast (Washington, D.C.)|S.E.]], in [[Washington, D.C.]], on the west bank of the [[Anacostia River]]. It is the only American "cemetery of [[national memory]]" founded before the Civil War.<ref name = "NHL nom p4">National Historic Landmark Nomination, p. 4</ref> Over 65,000 individuals are buried or memorialized at the cemetery, including many who helped form the nation and Washington, D.C., in the early 19th century.<ref name="congressional cemetery website"/>
 [[Christ Church, Washington Parish|Christ Church]], an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal church]], owns the cemetery. The [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] has purchased 806 burial plots, which are administered by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]]. Located about a mile and a half (2.4&nbsp;km) to the southeast of the [[U.S. Capitol Building]], the cemetery is historically associated with the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/Congressional.asp |title = Congressional Cemetery Government Lots |access-date = 2024-07-17 |date = 2023-03-09 |website = National Cemetery Administration |publisher = U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs}}</ref> The cemetery still sells plots, and is an active burial ground. It is three blocks east of the [[Potomac Avenue (WMATA station)|Potomac Avenue Metro station]] and two blocks south of the [[Stadium-Armory (WMATA station)|Stadium-Armory Metro station]].
-Many members of Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional Cemetery. Other burials include early landowners and speculators, the builders and architects of early Washington, D.C., [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] diplomats, [[Mayor of Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C. mayors]], [[American Civil War]] veterans, and 19th century Washington, D.C., families unaffiliated with the federal government.
+Many members of Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional Cemetery. Other burials include early landowners and speculators, the builders and architects of early Washington, D.C., [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] diplomats, [[Mayor of Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C. mayors]], American Civil War veterans, and 19th century Washington, D.C., families unaffiliated with the federal government.
 The cemetery is the resting place of one [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], one [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court justice]], six [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]] members, nineteen [[United States Senate|senators]], 71 [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representatives]], including a former [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker of the House]], veterans from every American war, and [[J. Edgar Hoover]], the first [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI director]].<ref name="congressional cemetery website">{{cite web |title=Congressional Cemetery Website |url=http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/ |access-date=2004-12-29 |archive-date=2021-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502170459/https://congressionalcemetery.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Dolley Madison]] was interred in the Public Vault for two years, the longest known interment in the vault, while funds were being raised for her reinterment at [[Montpelier (Orange, Virginia)|Montpelier]]. Her body was transferred to the Causten family vault, located directly across the path from the Public Vault, for another six years before the funds were raised.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMtziloE7k American Artifacts: Congressional Cemetery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414161557/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMtziloE7k |date=2016-04-14 }}, American History TV, CSPAN3, on YouTube, accessed April 16, 2012.</ref>  First Lady [[Louisa Catherine Adams]] has been reported as having been interred in the Public Vault, but other sources report that she was interred in the Causten family vault.<ref name="PV Post">{{cite news|title=The Public Vault|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/panorama/2006/12/13/PA2006121300640.html|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 17, 2013|date=December 13, 2006|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045021/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/panorama/2006/12/13/PA2006121300640.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cong Cem L Adams">{{cite web|title=First Lady Louisa C. Adams|url=http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/first-lady-louisa-c-adams|publisher=Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery|access-date=April 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009093239/http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/first-lady-louisa-c-adams|archive-date=October 9, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>Johnson and Johnson, p. 139, unequivocally states that Louisa Adams was interred in the Causten family vault the day after her death.</ref> Adams is now buried next to her husband in the [[United First Parish Church]] in Quincy, Massachusetts.
-[[Lewis Powell (conspirator)|Lewis Powell]] is believed to have spent a night in the vault while avoiding pursuit for his role in the assassination of President [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref name="Washian"/>
+[[Lewis Powell (conspirator)|Lewis Powell]] is believed to have spent a night in the vault while avoiding pursuit for his role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.<ref name="Washian"/>
 ==Grand funerals==
-Several nationally important or otherwise remarkable funerals have taken place at the Congressional Cemetery.  These funerals featured long formal processions starting at the [[White House]] or the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]], moving down [[Pennsylvania Avenue]] to E Street SE, and then to the cemetery. Parts of this road were specially funded by Congress to facilitate these processions.  The form and protocol of these funerals formed the basis for later U.S. [[State funerals in the United States|state funerals]], including those of Presidents [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>Johnson and Johnson, Chapter 2, "The Grand Procession to the National Burial Ground."</ref>
+Several nationally important or otherwise remarkable funerals have taken place at the Congressional Cemetery.  These funerals featured long formal processions starting at the [[White House]] or the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]], moving down [[Pennsylvania Avenue]] to E Street SE, and then to the cemetery. Parts of this road were specially funded by Congress to facilitate these processions.  The form and protocol of these funerals formed the basis for later U.S. [[State funerals in the United States|state funerals]], including those of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>Johnson and Johnson, Chapter 2, "The Grand Procession to the National Burial Ground."</ref>
 These funerals include those held to honor:

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