this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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So this park/border is near where i used to live and the reason it's called "peace arch" is there's a literal arch with a gate that's left wide open. The inscription on the arch is "may these gates never close" as a symbol of the alliance between the US and Canada.
I used to think, as a kid, just weld it open.
The statement always read more like "please don't close the gate, America" when i got older.
To be honest - I somehow missed the oddity and symbolism and of people getting arrested at a peace arch. It was only after looking at a Bluesky comment that I thought to myself "How did I miss that???"