The Old Burying Ground Foundation maintains this National Historic Site of Canada & Nova Scotia Heritage Property located in Halifax, Nova Scotia that was founded in 1749. Over the decades, more than 10,000 people were interred and many notable residents were laid to rest there. At the entrance stands the Welsford-Parker Monument, a memorial built in 1860 commemorating two Haligonians killed in the Crimean War
Halifax is in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. The people of the Mi’kmaw Nation have lived on this territory for millennia, and we acknowledge them as the past, present and future caretakers of this land. Historically, a land acknowledgment is a traditional practice shared amongst Indigenous groups to recognize the Indigenous land and territory they are visiting. Today a land acknowledgement remains a way to express one’s gratitude to the Indigenous people for being stewards of the land that we live and work on.
