International Peace Arch
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b.b.wolf
N 49° 00.127 W 122° 45.375
10U E 517827 N 5427719
A plaque describing the international peace arch
Waymark Code: WM6VAK
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2009
Views: 73
A plaque noting the friendship between the USA and Canada.The plaque is located at the international peace arch that exists in a park on the 49th parallel international border of the USA and Canada.
The plaque reads:
This unfortified boundary line between the Dominion of Canada and the Unites States of America should quicken the remembrance of the more than a century old friendship between these countries
A lesson of peace to all nations
dedicated on April 25, 1936
Group that erected the marker: Kiwanis International
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Peace Arch State Park
PO Box 87
Blaine, WA USA
98231
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