After the peace treaty ending the American Revolution was signed in September 1783, Benjamin Franklin wrote, "We are now friends withEngland and with all Mankind." Each October, a Quit Rent Ceremony is reenacted under the London Bridge, which has stood since 1971 at the English Village in Lake Havasu City, with American and British flags flying overhead. The ceremony symbolizes London, England's friendship with Lake Havasu City, and a Loving Cup is shared as a symbol of the historic ties between the United States and Great Britain and the pledge of continuing friendship between the two cities. The Colorado River now flows beneath the bridge that once spanned the Thames River, and the bridge provides a bond between the 2000-year-old English city and Lake Havasu City, established a few decades ago in the American southwest.