Good morning,
It’s a day of freezing rain, with a high of about thirty-six forecast for today.
Offices in the City of Whitewater are closed today.
Today is the anniversary of the end of the War of 1812, under terms that made Wisconsin possible:
1814 – War of 1812 Ends
On this date the Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the the War of 1812 which was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June 1812 to the spring of 1815 (news of the treaty took several months to reach the frontiers of No. America). The treaty provided for the cessation of hostilities, the restoration of conquests, and a commission to settle boundary disputes. John Quincy Adams served as the chief negotiator for the United States. The treaty formalized U.S. possession of land which included present-day Wisconsin. [Source: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School]