Peace Arch
The Peace Arch (dt. Peace Arch ) is a monument at the Canada-US border , between the cities of Surrey in the province of British Columbia and Blaine in the State of Washington . It is located exactly on the border line in Peace Arch Park , in the median of Highway 99 and Interstate 5 .
The tall monument commemorates the Peace of Ghent in 1814, which ended the British-American War . It was built on behalf of the entrepreneur Samuel Hill and inaugurated in September 1921. Hill wanted to set a visible sign of the more than a hundred years of peaceful relations between the United States and the United Kingdom (or Dominion Canada ).
The all-white Peace Arch has the shape of a neoclassical portico and is 20.5 meters high. The American and Canadian flags fly on its roof. On the frieze two are inscriptions: On the US side is "Children of a common mother" (children of a common parent) , on the Canadian "Brethren dwelling together in unity" (brothers who dwell together in unity) . Under the arch there is an always open gate with the inscription "May these gates never be closed" ( May these gates never be closed ) .
Web links
- Peace Arch Provincial Park (English)
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 7 " N , 122 ° 45 ′ 24" W.