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Old Burying Ground
St. Paul's Cemetery
The Old Burying Ground was Halifax's first cemetery from its founding in 1749. It was the cemetery associated with Halifax's first church, St. Paul's, but became the general burial ground for the citizenry. The "Acre of Sleep" is located at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street.
Some noteworthy graves lie in the Old Burying Ground. General Ross was the British general who burned Washington in the War of 1812; the subsequent painting of the President's residence resulted in the name White House. Captain Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake, who uttered the famous dying words "Don't Give Up The Ship" in his encounter with HMS Shannon off of Boston Harbor, was interred here along with his First Lieutenant, Ludlow. They were removed on August 10, 1813, when an American brig flying a flag of truce arrived at Halifax to retrieve the fallen heroes. Lawrence's body was reinterred at Trinity Church, New York.
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