Historic Preservation, Congressional Cemetery – Intern’s primary responsibility will be to assist with the management, preservation, archival documents, and data bases of the 207 year old Congressional Cemetery. It is both a historic and active cemetery with robust interest by historians, family descendants, and other researchers. Several on-site resources provide information on burial plots, vital statistics, business records, family ties, and grave markers. Intern will learn to use and interpret historic burial records, and assist staff and general public with research, update historic data bases, and help preserve historic records. For more information see: http://www.preservationnation.org/career-center/forum/ Congressional Cemetery is a 35 acre National Historic Landmark situated along the Anacostia River on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. As the premier burial ground for the nation’s capital city in the early 19th Century, Congressional became the final resting place for hundreds of notable individuals from across the country. This impressive roster of outstanding Americans enables Congressional to tell the story of America in all its many dimensions. Today Congressional is not the sleepy old burial ground you might expect; it is a vibrant active community of daily dog walkers, visiting descendants, history and genealogy researchers, school tours, living history presentations, marching bands, preservationists, and gardeners. Learn more at www.CongressionalCemetery.org
Historic Preservation, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC