Forest Lawn to paint tribute to veterans on sidewalks of east Calgary [Video]

A group of local community organizers are looking for volunteers to help assemble a last-minute tribute to Canadian veterans.

The Forest Lawn Community Association and Homes for Heroes teamed up to pitch the city on the idea of painting a crosswalk to honour veterans last week.

“It means so much,” said community association president Gar Gar, “because the voice of veterans, in many cases, are not heard. And this one is basically the opportunity to say your voice has been heard and your voices matter and we are hoping to look forward to have this.”

Other Canadian municipalities have launched veteran’s crosswalks, including Stoney Creek, Ont. (Hamilton), and Windsor, in the corner of Chatham-Kent, where the crosswalk was received with open arms by local veterans.

“This is shaping up to be quite a memorable Remembrance Day,” said veteran Len Maynard, who also serves as president of the Chatham Branch 642 …