Thousands of candles were lit in front of nearly 3,500 white crosses during a sunset ceremony at the Field of Crosses in Calgary on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Blake Lough reports.
The Field of Crosses alongside Memorial Drive was lit up Sunday night by more than 3,000 candles in honour of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers.
“There’s five acres of crosses here and each one of them was a real human being who got on a train, probably at the Palliser station in downtown Calgary, went to war, and didn’t get to come home,” said Thomas Leppard, executive director of the Field of Crosses Society. (more…)
Tom Leppard and Murray McCann of the Field of Crosses Memorial join Global News Morning Calgary to discuss how you can participate in the 2019 commemorations.
It’s a stirring reminder of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers, and for the 11th year running row upon row of white crosses are being installed along Memorial Drive just in time for Remembrance Day.
Hundreds of volunteers began placing some 3,400 of the ivory tributes at the Field of Crosses in the shadow of the Centre Street Bridge Saturday, each cross representing Canadian soldiers who died in conflict. (more…)
Happy Holidays. Christmas wreath on the Field of Crosses cenotaph adjacent Memorial drive on display until the New Year. Lest we forget.