Welcome To The Award Winning Joint Website of Saline, Michigan, USA and Brecon, Wales, UK
Apologies for the long delay in updating the Saline Brecon
website.
There are several updated pages and we will try to keep up with more timely revisions!
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Celebrating The 56th Year of Our
Relationship as Sister
Cities / Twin Towns
The small communities of Brecon and Saline formed the the
first Welsh-American sister city relationship in 1966. The bonds between
the two towns have grown into a close and active friendship and expanded far
beyond a mere relationship between government officials. Over 4,000 trips have
been made by residents of these two communities to share their cultures and
their families. This joint web site is designed in part to share the history of
that relationship with the public but it also functions as a part of the
relationship itself. Here, citizens of Saline and Brecon who have not been able
to be part of a travel exchange can learn about their sister city on separate
home pages for each community. Those who have made visits can use the site to
keep abreast of local news and events, including the events that are part of our
sister city activities. As The Mayor of Brecon says, quoting from The Mabinogion,
"A fo ben, bid
bont." - "Whoever would be a leader must be a bridge".
To hear the long-standing toast to our friendship, click
here.
Click History to see a photographic history of our
sister city relationship. Click Brecon Home to
go to photos, information and links about Brecon, Wales. Click Saline
Home to go to photos, information and links about Saline, Michigan. You can
also go directly to the Saline-Brecon
Friendship Guild portion of our site. New additions to the site are
always listed below on this home page.
The
Covid pandemic has impacted Sister City exchanges everywhere, including Saline
and Brecon. Read about the latest in the Brecon and Radnor Express:
Brecon’s twin town meeting in doubt over Covid fears
Saline dedicates bench in Brecon Park to commemorate our 50th twinning anniversary
Click here for video and photos of the dedication ceremony
Last UPDATED January 31, 2022