Monday’s Monument: Rush-Bagot Monument, Washington, D.C.

Monday’s Monument: Rush-Bagot Monument, Washington, D.C.

After the War of 1812, tensions between the U.S. and Britain were still high. One reason was militarization of the Great Lakes. U.S. Minister and future president John Quincy Adams had proposed the idea of disarmament of the Great Lakes; the British government, liking...