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Beechwood Cemetery
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Beechwood Cemetery war memorial
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Established 1873
Location
Ottawa, Ontario
Country Canada
Type Public and Military
Owned by Department of National Defence (Canada)

Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery of Canada. It is in Ottawa, Ontario. The cemetery was founded in 1873 and declared a national cemetery in 2009.

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  • Scouts placed wreaths on the graves of Macdougall and Bernard, Fathers of Confederation in Beechwood Cemetery

    Boy Scouts placing wreaths on the graves of William McDougall and Hewitt Bernard, Fathers of Confederation, in Beechwood Cemetery in 1927 in commemoration of the golden jubilee of Canadian Confederation

  • Beechwood Cemetery 2010 (3)

    Celtic cross at Beechwood Cemetery

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