The PNE Fair got a military twist Tuesday when a collection of artifacts unearthed during on-site excavations early this year were returned to the Canadian Armed Forces.

The historically significant collection included more than a dozen First-Word-War-era guns found buried at Hastings Park, first during construction of the new amphitheatre and in a followup dig where more weaponry was located.

The ceremony at the Freedom Mobile Stage in Festival Park was attended by military personnel, veterans, dignitaries and curious guests taking in the annual Fair at the PNE.

The repatriation marked the end of a “decades-old mystery” surrounding the fate of several wartime items long thought lost after going on display at the park shortly after the war.

The artifacts were found during work on the n

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