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"The US-Canada Treaty Plaque" by Robert Cutts is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

· Tuesday, July 17, 2012 · No comments

Friendship between the United States and Canada was developed and strengthened by the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, on August 9, 1842, in the old State Department building which stood on this site (wherever that is). This treaty established the north- eastern boundary between the two countries. This tablet paced by the Kiwanis Club of Washington in Cooperation with the committee on marking points of historic interest April 30, 1929.

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