Families remember loved ones who served
Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National Military Cemetery at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa.
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Families remember loved ones who served at Beechwood Remembrance Day ceremony
The ground at Beechwood Cemetery was still covered in hoarfrost early Thursday as Charlie Watson walked along the rows of military headstones, reading names. Watson’s grandfather, Alexander (Sandy) Watson, is…
Beechwood’s National Day of Tribute prepares National Military Cemetery for Remembrance Day
Landscapers, horticulturalists and volunteers from across the region gathered early in the morning on Friday, Nov. 5 for Beechwood Cemetery’s 16th annual National Day of Tribute. Participants pitched in their…
ALDRICH: There is no comparison between sacrifices made in world wars and COVID-19
If we are to honour our veterans and those who did not come home from war we need to stop comparing their sacrifices to what has been asked of us…
No Stone Left Alone at Beechwood, National Military Cemetery
On a sunny and beautiful November 1st 2021, Beechwood Cemetery and No Stone Left Alone held the Annual No Stone Left Alone ceremony and poppy laying event. The No Stone…
New partnership aims to ignite the spirit of Remembrance in the hearts of young Canadians
As fewer Second World War veterans remain, three national charities band together to educate youth about safeguarding the memory of veterans …
Beechwood Cemetery — Where Canadians come together to observe solemn acts of remembrance
In the final weeks and days leading up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, Canadians’ thoughts naturally turn to remembering the veterans who are no longer with us — the…
If this is not a genocide, then what is it? – Indigenous residential school students honoured at Beechwood Cemetery
The 57,000 children estimated to have died at Canada’s Indian residential schools were symbolically reunited for the first time on Wednesday — the eve of the first National Day for…
Project of Heart on display at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Inside a room at Beechwood Cemetery lies tens of thousands of hand-drawn or painted tiles—a powerful display made in honour of the Indigenous children and youth who went…
Walking a path of hope and sorrow at Beechwood Cemetery
Under the skylight of the domed Sacred Space building on the grounds of Beechwood Cemetery, a group of Indigenous young people is meticulously arranging thousands of tiny tiles across the floor. Each tile,…