John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, [between 1980 and 2006]
This file appears in: Congressional Cemetery Historic District
![John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, [between 1980 and 2006]](https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/files/original/d2a91473baca9550e0fac64e94117339.jpg "John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, [between 1980 and 2006]")
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. [Between 1980 and 2006] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011632233/. (Accessed January 17, 2017.)
This file appears in: Congressional Cemetery Historic District
Congressional Cemetery Historic District
The original four and one-half acre tract of Congressional Cemetery was purchased from the Government for $200 on April 4, 1807 as a private burial ground. On March 30, 1812, several years after Christ Church was built, Ingle, one of the buyers,…