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.
“You think a whole bunch of different things when you’re walking along honouring the dead,” said Sgt. Travis Juska.
Murray McCann, the founder of Field of Crosses — which memorializes Calgary’s fallen with 3,500 crosses every November — said the force is heavily involved in the project.
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“A lot of the Calgary police are made up of veterans who understand more than the rest of us what is being done to keep us safe,” he said.
The march ended at the Field of Crosses where police presented McCann with a cheque for $5,000. Juska said the fundraising goal was $1,000.
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