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Wartime preparation on display at Fort Rodd Hill

Mobilization for war took place in various ways in Greater Victoria
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Parks Canada Bob Campbell of Parks Canada describes the use of soldiers' weaponry around the time of the First World War during Victoria Mobilize! A Downton Abbey-inspired Edwardian picnic and mobilization event at Fort Rodd Hill. Victoria Esquimalt Military Re-enactors Association members Mark Ivins

Victoria Mobilize! held Saturday and Sunday at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site, saw members of the Victoria Esquimalt Military Re-enactors Association join forces with Parks Canada staff to give visitors a glimpse into the local response to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

Visitors to the park experienced demonstrations, period music, games, a costume dress-up area and lectures about life in that era.



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