St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery

Cemetery in Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Building constructed of grey granite blocks, adorned with a cross above a metal door, and with plaques with names inscribed
Trudeau family crypt

St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery is a small Catholic cemetery in Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville, Quebec and located on the southside of rue Saint-André east of rue Saint-Paul (232 rue Saint-André).

It is the final resting place of 15th Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000) – in the family mausoleum that can be seen from the rue Saint-André.)[1] During the night of April 24–25, 2008, the Trudeau family mausoleum was defaced with "FLQ" and the French word for "traitor" written in spray-paint.[2][3]

See also

  • St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, burial place of Louis St. Laurent in Compton, Quebec
  • Maclaren Cemetery, burial place of Lester B. Pearson in Wakefield, Quebec

References

  1. ^ "Trudeau's Mother Buried". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. 1973-01-19. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  2. ^ "Vandals paint 'traitor' on Trudeau mausoleum". CTV News. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  3. ^ Blatchford, Andy (2010-09-27). "Pierre Trudeau rests in relative obscurity in Quebec crypt". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2015-11-01.

External links

  • St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery at Find a Grave Edit this at Wikidata
  • Location of cemetery on Google map
  • Prime Minister Trudeau and his then-wife Margaret attend burial of his mother (born Grace Elliott) on January 18, 1973

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