On Orange Shirt Day, a graveyard tour helps allies see parts of history that were never carved in stone – APTN News

Oct 01, 2025

A youth-led tour walks visitors past the graves of residential school architects—and the man who tried to stop them.

It seemed to be one of those autumn days that Ottawa saves for September 30.

At the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa’s east end, about 100 people gathered to remember and to take an unusual tour.

The sky was bright, the air just warm enough for shirtsleeves and the trees were tipping into orange and red.

Painted rocks and fresh flowers circled the memorial stone—a gray marker bearing a plaque for the children who never came home.

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