Visitors will have a rare opportunity to experience the reality of trench warfare at the Manitoba World War One Museum’s "A Day in the Trenches", happening Sunday, August 10th from noon to 4 p.m. Located just west of La Riviere, the event offers a fully immersive World War I experience complete with re-enactors, original artifacts, and historically accurate trench systems.

Museum founder Bruce Tascona says the event is designed to educate and remember, not glorify. “This war actually affected everyone in small-town Manitoba,” he said. “Every town has a monument. If you were in existence prior to the First World War, chances are you lost someone, a child who never came home.”

“The soldiers didn’t have social media warning them how bad it would be. They left the safety of the trenches, cro

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