The larger Remembrance Day ceremonies in Calgary are going virtual for 2020.

A very different, smaller crowd gathered at the Field of Crosses Memorial Project Wednesday to mark Remembrance Day 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ceremonies are held twice a day from Nov. 1 until Nov. 10. 

Calgarians will mark Remembrance Day all around the city on Monday, Nov. 11.

As a Typhoon fighter pilot, Hilton completed more than 100 operations across Europe during the Second World War and later went on to train hundreds of other young men to fly.

Hundreds of people attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Hangar Flight Museum in northeast Calgary on Sunday. One of the guests was a 99-year-old WWII pilot who shared his memories of the horrors of war.

During the Great War, Calgary soldiers left their families behind and bravely went into battle — thousands were killed and many more were wounded.

Mount Royal University is awarding an honorary degree to a Calgarian who started the Field of Crosses Remembrance Day project.

About 3,400 crosses will be out along Calgary's Memorial Drive from Nov. 1 to 11, honouring southern Albertans who died serving the military.