On September 11, 2001, the world witnessed an act of terrorism that changed the course of history. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when four commercial aircraft were hijacked. Two struck…
On November 8, 2020, a commemorative plaque was unveiled along the Major-General George R. Pearkes, VC, Pathway in the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery at Beechwood. The plaque honours the members…
Walk through an older section of almost any historic cemetery and you will quickly notice something unusual carved into the stones. A skull with wings. An hourglass with sand running…
James Dyson Slater Section 48, Lot 1 (E) James Dyson Slater was born in Manchester, England, on September 10, 1813. He immigrated to Upper Canada with his parents in 1830…
Canadaโs canals are often described through measurements: kilometres of waterway, numbers of locks and tonnes of goods transported. But behind every canal are peopleโengineers, stonemasons, surveyors, labourers, public servants and…
William Brown Bradley – Section 25, Lot 52N (Mil) On June 24, 1813, an American force advanced from Fort George toward a British outpost at Beaver Dams on the Niagara…
1875โ1955 Section 41, Lots 46 and 47ย James Bernard Harkin helped transform a small federal parks office into the foundation of Canadaโs modern national parks system. A gifted communicator, public…
On August 19, 1942, Canadian troops landed on the beaches surrounding Dieppe, France, as part of Operation Jubilee. What followed became one of the deadliest days in Canadian military history.…
Among those laid to rest at Beechwood Cemetery are veterans whose lives connect Canada to some of the defining events of the Second World War. Major Stanisลaw Tarazewicz was one…
For generations, members of Ottawaโs policing community have served and protected Canadaโs capital. At Beechwood, the Ottawa Police Service Memorial Cemetery provides a publicly accessible place where this service can…
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