Mtskheta Georgia Monument - Traverse City, MI
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member scrapcat
N 44° 45.674 W 085° 36.962
16T E 609529 N 4957358
Outside historic Grand Traverse Courthouse a short way from a zinc Civil War monument, a cannon, a time capsule, a Spanish-American and World War I monuments is a lone statue celebrating the friendship between Mtskheta Georgia and Grand Traverse.
Waymark Code: WMCKM6
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Per the Traverse City Record Eagle (visit link)

Traverse City residents took their first trip as part of the sister-city delegation to Georgia in 1989.

"Originally, we were just trying to develop some ties with a communist country at the time to see if there's some way we could get those people to see how we live and see how they live," Joe Muha said. "Kind of ease international tensions, so to speak."
Twin Cities / Sister Cities:
Mtskheta Georgia / Traverse City, MI

Address:
400 Boardman Ave, Traverse City MI 49684

Text:
Grand Traverse County Mtskheta Georgia 1991
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