Unofficial Hands Across the Border celebration

 An unofficial Hands Across the Border (HAB) event brought scouts from both sides of the U.S. and Canada border to swap patches and celebrate peaceful cross-border relations under the Peace Arch on June 11. Scouts still showed up for an unofficial celebration despite event organizers announcing that the annual event was canceled last minute due to circumstances beyond their control. The event was the first in-person HAB since the pandemic. Ying Wang, a filmmaker based in Richmond, B.C., filmed the event for a documentary about the park that Wang has been working on since 2021. The first HAB took place in 1937 and drew nearly 2,000 people before the pandemic to participate in scavenger hunts, education projects and a parade each year.