Exploring the History of Peace Arch

January 12, 2013

Did you know…

These interesting facts about Peace Arch State Park?

- It is a 20-acre day-use park

- Features horticultural exhibitions

- Was orignally named Samuel Hill Memorial Park

- Washington schoolchildren’s penny drive earned $1,500 to landscape

- Commemorates treaties and agreements from the War of 1812

- Celebrates the unguarded United States/Canadian border

  

 

Feature photo: Celebration of Peace Arch in 1981