Ceremony marks legacy of ‘field of crosses’ founder
CALGARY- A solemn ceremony was held at sunrise on Thursday morning, in honour of a Calgary man whose vision and determination helped establish the field of crosses along Memorial Drive. George Bittman was a navy veteran and former head of the Poppy Fund, before dying...
Field of Crosses Memorial Project – Wire Source
The McCann Family Foundation, the Calgary Poppy Fund and the Field of Crosses Memorial Project's volunteer board of directors wishes to welcome Calgarians to the annual Field of Crosses Memorial Project. "A yearly tribute to Southern Alberta's fallen soldiers" In...
Sunrise ceremonies to honour Albertans killed in war
The crosses are back on Memorial Drive. There are thousands of them, each white marker a stark reminder of the many southern Alberta soldiers to die in combat. Murray McCann, whose McCann Family Foundation funds the project to erect crosses along Memorial Drive in...
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❤️ Thank you Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP / SENCRL/srl for your support of Field of Crosses.
Blakes received recognition at the Sunrise Ceremony on November 10th, an event dedicated to honoring "Women of War."
We are beyond thankful for your generous support, enabling FOC to continue its important work of memorializing and commemorating those who gave their all in Southern Alberta.
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#FieldofCrosses #11DaysofRemembrance #CanadaRemembers #NeverForget #CanadianArmedForces #YYCEvents #Calgary #Remembrance #Canada #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #YYC #ThankYou #Blakes
thankful for the Field of Crosses
❤️ Thank you Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP / SENCRL/srl for your support of Field of Crosses.
Blakes received recognition at the Sunrise Ceremony on November 10th, an event dedicated to honoring "Women of War."
We are beyond thankful for your generous support, enabling FOC to continue its important work of memorializing and commemorating those who gave their all in Southern Alberta.
www.fieldofcrosses.com/
#FieldofCrosses #11DaysofRemembrance #CanadaRemembers #NeverForget #CanadianArmedForces #YYCEvents #Calgary #Remembrance #Canada #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #YYC #ThankYou #Blakes
To everyone who joined us, whether in person or in spirit, and to those who supported in countless ways throughout the Eleven Days of Remembrance, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
We extend an invitation to relive the Remembrance Day ceremony from this year through the lens of these wonderful images taken at The Field of Crosses on the morning of November 11th.
www.fieldofcrosses.com/
#FieldofCrosses #11DaysofRemembrance #CanadaRemembers #NeverForget #CanadianArmedForces #YYCEvents #Calgary #Remembrance #Canada #History #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget