25 September 2026

Tucked into a quiet corner of Queen’s Park at College Street and University Avenue, the Ontario Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial is easy to pass by. On a recent visit, I was fortunate to watch engravers carefully adding this year’s names ahead of the annual memorial ceremony, held the first Sunday in October. The memorial was […]

On a recent visit to Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, Westchester County, about 25 miles north of New York City, I went looking for its most popular spot, Section 25. Section 25 is likely visited more than any other part of the cemetery, thanks to the prominent names buried in and around it. Baseball […]