by Susan Schalin | Oct 25, 2015 | News and Media
Volunteers in Calgary have spent days setting up 3,200 white crosses commemorating southern Albertan lives spent in the service of the nation. In it’s seventh year, more than 100 volunteers with the Field of Crosses Memorial Project finished erecting thousands of...
by Susan Schalin | Oct 25, 2015 | News and Media
For Laura Vanderkruk, organizing volunteers to set up the 3,200 memorial crosses on Memorial Drive to honour Southern Alberta’s veterans has become a way of keeping her family close. George Bittman, Vanderkruk’s father, was a navy veteran who helped organize the...
by Susan Schalin | Oct 25, 2015 | News and Media
More than seven years ago, Murray McCann was driving through the mountains in Georgia before Memorial Day when he noticed a small cluster of crosses along the side of the road. Initially, McCann thought a collision had claimed three lives and someone had erected a...
by Susan Schalin | Sep 26, 2015 | News and Media
Eyeing the new Field of Crosses Cenotaph Saturday, Jim Welsh says when you sign up to join the armed forces, you’re signing a blank cheque for up to and including your life. “Every one of the crosses (placed here every year) represents someone from this particular...
by Susan Schalin | Sep 26, 2015 | News and Media
CALGARY – Calgarians gathered Saturday morning for the unveiling ceremony of the Field of Crosses Cenotaph, a permanent reminder of our war heroes and the sacrifice they made. The special tribute took place at 9:00 a.m. along Memorial Drive. Murray McCann is the...
by Susan Schalin | Sep 26, 2015 | News and Media
The McCann Family Foundation and the Field of Crosses Memorial Project dedicated a new cenotaph Saturday morning. Organizers said the marker will serve as a permanent legacy to those killed during war and peacekeeping missions. The half hour ceremony began at 9 a.m....
