Image:Rush-Bagot-treaty-marker.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikimedia Commons logo This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

[edit] Summary

Description

Historical marker for the Rush-Bagot Treaty at the "Columbia Residences" (formerly Columbia Hospital for Women) at 2425 L Street NW (near Pennsylvania Avenue and 25th Street), Washington, D.C. ( 38°54′14″N, 77°3′9″W).

Transcription:

Peace through limitation of naval armament was promoted between the Dominion of Canada and the United States of America by the signing of the Rush-Bagot Agreement, April 28 and 29, 1817, providing for the restriction of naval forces on the Great Lakes. This notable agreement was negotiated on behalf of Canada in the British Legation which stood on this site. Placed April 29, 1935 by Kiwanis International.
Source

self-made
Date

2007 August 02
Author

Eoghanacht
Permission
(Reusing this image)

see below

[edit] Licensing

Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.

In case this is not legally possible:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

Afrikaans | Alemannisch | Aragonés | العربية | Asturianu | Български | Català | Česky | Cymraeg | Dansk | Deutsch | Eʋegbe | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Esperanto | Euskara | Estremeñu | فارسی | Français | Galego | 한국어 | हिन्दी | Hrvatski | Ido | Bahasa Indonesia | Íslenska | Italiano | עברית | Kurdî / كوردی | Latina | Lietuvių | Latviešu | Magyar | Македонски | Bahasa Melayu | Nederlands | ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ | ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬ | 日本語 | Polski | Português | Ripoarisch | Română | Русский | Shqip | Slovenčina | Slovenščina | Српски / Srpski | Svenska | ไทย | Tagalog | Türkçe | Українська | Tiếng Việt | Walon | ‪中文(简体)‬ | ‪中文(繁體)‬ | zh-yue-hant | +/-

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current17:24, 8 August 20072,000×1,800 (850 KB)Eoghanacht ({{Information |Description= Historical marker for the {{w|Rush-Bagot Treaty}} at the "Columbia Residences" (formerly {{w|Columbia Hospital for Women}} in Washington, D.C. ({{coor dms|38|54|14|N|77|3|9|W|}}). Transcription: :Peace through limitation of na)
The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed):