Sister City Dignitary from Scotland Visits Dunedin

Colin O'Brien, a former provost of Stirling, Scotland, shares historical significance of the sister city's upcoming anniversaries Thursday, while he is in town for the Dunedin Highland Games.

Visiting Scottish dignitary Colin O'Brien marks an upcoming anniversary with a different type of cultural exchange on Thursday. O'Brien, a former provost of sister city, Stirling, Scotland, is visiting Dunedin, not just for the Highland Games on April 13, but also to commemorate an upcoming 50 years of sisterhood. The 50-year anniversary of Stirling and Dunedin's sisterhood next year (2014), also marks another historically significant anniversary: the 700 years since the Battle of Bannockburn, a turning point in the Wars of Scottish Independence against England. It was fought in June 1314 near Stirling. O'Brien will share the cultural and historical significance of both anniversaries from Stirling's perspective on Thursday, April 11 at …

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