STANSTEAD, Quebec — For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Quebec, have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vermont, to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House — no passport required.
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Pauline Lussier, left, from Stanstead, Quebec, and Chris Blais from Derby Line, Vermont, hold each other's flags Friday as they straddle the international border line inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line.
A young girl walks over the Canada-USA international border line Friday into Canada inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line, Vermont.
Byron Wright, left, of Derby, Vermont, gives Pauline Lussier, center, of Stanstead, Quebec, and Chris Blais from Derby Line, Vt., a hug Friday as they straddle the international border line inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line.
A family from the United States enters the Haskell Free Library and Opera House on Friday in Derby Line, Vt.
Americans offer silent support Friday as they stand on their side of the border to watch a news conference in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, about the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.
Penny Thomas who drove from Newport, Vt., has a tear roll down her cheek as she holds a sign on the standing in Derby, Vt., outside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Stanstead, Que., on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
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