A very different, smaller crowd gathered at the Field of Crosses Memorial Project Wednesday to mark Remembrance Day 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Remembrance Day 2020: Calgary Remembers from the Field of Crosses
Thousands of candles light crosses in remembrance of Alberta’s war dead
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.
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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
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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.
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‘Honouring the dead’: Calgary police march for fallen and donate to Field of Crosses
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 to Union Cemetery, where several are buried.
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