by Website Administrator | Nov 10, 2020 | News and Media
Thousands of white crosses along Memorial Drive in Calgary were illuminated by candlelight on Tuesday, paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the line of duty. The second annual Night of Lights saw volunteers work throughout the day to place candles at...
by Website Administrator | Nov 6, 2020 | News and Media
A sunrise remembrance ceremony at the Field of Crosses on Thursday, November 5, 2020 honoured media killed covering combat. Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang who was killed with four soldiers in a 2009 IED explosion in Afghanistan. PHOTO BY GAVIN YOUNG/POSTMEDIA A...
by Website Administrator | Nov 2, 2020 | News and Media
Sunrise and sunset ceremonies at Calgary’s Field of Crosses Memorial Project will function differently this year due to COVID-19. The ceremonies are held twice a day from Nov. 1 until Nov. 10. Officials with the Field of Crosses say that while the public is still...
by Website Administrator | Sep 20, 2020 | News and Media
The Calgary Police Service Honour Guard marched about 11 kilometres around the city in memory of fallen soldiers on Sunday as they donated to the Field of Crosses project. Starting at the Mewata Armoury, where Calgary military members would have enlisted, they marched...
by Website Administrator | Aug 25, 2020 | News and Media
Major (ret.) Kent Griffiths joins Global News Morning Calgary to talk about the Field of Crosses Exercise Freedom Campaign, encouraging people to get active and honour those who have fallen in combat. Watch the video
by Website Administrator | Aug 25, 2020 | News and Media
Calgarian Jordan Witzel’s three-kilometre bike ride on Saturday was one of the first to kickstart the inaugural Field of Crosses Memorial Project fundraising campaign. The “Exercise Freedom Together” campaign is the first of its kind to support the memorial,...
