{"id":97859,"date":"2026-07-29T22:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/new-memorial-honours-past-burial-grounds-important-link-to-yarmouths-history\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:15:47","slug":"new-memorial-honours-past-burial-grounds-important-link-to-yarmouths-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/new-memorial-honours-past-burial-grounds-important-link-to-yarmouths-history\/","title":{"rendered":"New memorial honours past burial ground\u2019s important link to Yarmouth\u2019s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Article contentThe group, with the help of a local church, had come into some land elsewhere on Parade Street. What began as 20 acres was eventually expanded to 40 acres.Article contentA company was formed \u2013 the Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery Company \u2013 which is a non-profit that is run by a volunteer board.Article contentAnother concern with the burial grounds behind what is now the library had also been that there wasn\u2019t enough space to continue burying people.Article content\u201cWe now have over 10,000 people (buried) at Mountain Cemetery. So, you can see the impact of not having enough land really does matter,\u201d Dease said.Article content During a memorial dedication ceremony, Jack Dease of the Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, standing next to a new memorial behind the Yarmouth library, shared the history of those who were buried here, and also those who were relocated.TINA COMEAUArticle contentVERY MEANINGFULArticle contentThe previous memorial wall and the new memorial are aimed at remembering the past.Article content\u201cI think you really should be congratulated on what you\u2019ve done. Moving that from there to here, beautiful. Well done,\u201d Dease said about the memorial\u2019s refurbishment and new location.Article contentThere is much pride in the new memorial.Article content\u201cOne hundred years after the first building of the wall, we\u2019ve moved (the memorial) again, to a permanent location,\u201d Virginia Stoddard, president of the Yarmouth Public Library Board of Trustees, said during the dedication ceremony.Article contentArticle content\u201cThis was a graveyard. The existing stones that were still able to be rescued have been set in this arrangement,\u201d she said. \u201cThe few that were not able to be rescued were set in this monument. Stones that were in pieces with no identification, they were gathered up and they are buried here in this monument.\u201dArticle contentStoddard said this site and Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery will always share a historic connection.Article contentBarb Rodney, who is also with the trustees, provided a dedication to the new memorial.Article content\u201cWe dedicate it to all the former residents of this cemetery and also to the ones that are at Mountain Cemetery,\u201d she said. \u201cWe treasure the history of Yarmouth and our elders.\u201dArticle contentYarmouth MLA Nick Hilton also spoke at the ceremony.Article content\u201cIt\u2019s such an important time to gather and rededicate this memorial, and to recreate it. It is such an important piece of history,\u201d he said, acknowledging that prior to the ceremony, he didn\u2019t know about the history.Article content\u201cI want to thank Jack for sharing that story,\u201d he said. \u201cOur heritage is our story, and there is no better place to share it and protect that story than here at the public library.\u201dArticle contentArticle contentHilton also feels a special connection to the new memorial.Article content\u201cThis memorial is especially meaningful to me because my father helped create it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has always been special to me to drive around the community and see the projects he\u2019s involved with. I\u2019ll be able to share that with my family for years to come. This is a beautiful vision that\u2019s come to life.\u201dArticle content A new memorial site on the grounds behind theIzaak Walton Killam Library in Yarmouth honours those who are, and also were, buried here.TINA COMEAUArticle contentTHE FAMILIESArticle contentThere are still people buried behind the library.Article contentAcross the street in Frost Park, there are also some gravesites.Article contentAbout those who were buried behind the library, and those relocated to Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Dease said costs and family circumstances didn\u2019t always allow all family members to stay together that long time ago.Article content\u201cIt had to be heartbreaking for someone who had family buried here. One that I looked up this morning showed the daughter was buried here and the parents were buried there. Most likely they would have wanted to be buried together,\u201d Dease said. \u201cSo there are certainly heartbreaking stories that, in that transition, would have existed.\u201dArticle contentStill, said Dease, if those people could see what has been done in their honour and memory, he\u2019s certain they would find it deeply moving.Article content\u201cI\u2019m sure this would have made a big difference to them. I\u2019m sure this would be so meaningful to them.\u201dArticle content<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article contentThe group, with the help of a local church, had come into some land elsewhere on Parade Street. What began as 20 acres was eventually expanded to 40 acres.Article contentA company was formed \u2013 the Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery Company \u2013 which is a non-profit that is run by a volunteer board.Article contentAnother concern with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":97860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,590,1],"tags":[116,589],"class_list":["post-97859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-newfoundland-and-labrador","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}