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CEMETERY NEWS by Marjorie Stuart, Toronto Branch, OGS and member of OHS It is generally felt that all cemeteries have heritage value. The Ontario Heritage Alliance, a group composed of the major heritage organizations in Ontario, formulated the following as a proposed preamble to the Cemeteries Act. The Act, however, was proclaimed without changes that would have recognized the heritage value of Ontario's cemeteries, and therefore the preamble was not included. The members of the Ontario Heritage Alliance feel that this statement below outlines the basic values that are common to all burial locations throughout Ontario. "The heritage community as a whole recognizes that the following four principles are basic to all people: *the sanctity of the deceased is paramount to all other concerns; *the deceased have a right to rest in peace in the tradition and custom of their religion; *common dignity must be respected; and *the living must be responsible for caring for the deceased; and further that the Aboriginal People of Ontario maintain strong spiritual and cultural ties with the remains of their ancestors, and retain stewardship for care and protection of the remains." -from OHS BULLETIN, July-August 1994 Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter - March-April 1995 2