Peace Arch

The Peace Arch (German Peace Arch ) is a monument to the Canadian- American border, between the cities of Surrey in the province of British Columbia and Blaine, Washington. It is located exactly on the boundary line at the Peace Arch Park, in the middle lane of Highway 99 and Interstate 5

The monument reminds the peace of Ghent in 1814, which ended the British -American War. It was built on behalf of the entrepreneur Samuel Hill and dedicated in September 1921. Hill wanted to send a visible sign of the ending more than a century peaceful relations between the United States and the United Kingdom (or the Dominion of Canada ).

The held entirely in white color Peace Arch has the form of a neoclassical portico and is 20.5 meters high. On his roof waving the American and Canadian flag. On the frieze two are inscriptions: On the American side is "Children of a common mother" (children of a common parent ), on the Canadian " Brethren dwelling together in unity " ( brothers living in unity ). Under the arch of an ever- open gate is appropriate if: ( will never be closed these gates like ) with the inscription " May synthesis gates never be closed".