Sister Cities - Temecula, CA & Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands
N 33° 30.150 W 117° 08.798
11S E 486380 N 3707006
A statue donated to Temecula from its sister city Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WM9FHT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2010
Views: 7
A statue of a mother and children riding on a bicycle in the rain,donated by its Sister City, located at the Duck Pond Park in Temecula.
Leidschendam-Voorburg is located in the Netherlands, southwest of Amsterdam, close to the Hague. Leidschendam-Voorburg has been a Sister City since 1993.
‘THIS SCULPTURE ‘SINGING IN THE RAIN’ IS MEANT TO EXPRESS THE SOLIDARITY OF THE COMMUNITY OF LEIDSCHENDAM-VOORBURG TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR SISTER CITY TEMECULA, IN CONNECTION WITH THE EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.”
THE SCULPTURE WAS MADE BY THE VOORBURG ARTIST FRANS KOKSHOORN.
Twin Cities / Sister Cities:
Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands.
Address:
Duck Pond
28250 Ynez Rd
Temecula, CA 92591
Text:
‘THIS STATUE OF MOTHER AND CHILDREN BRAVELY PEDALING INTO A STORM IS A GIFT FROM TEMECULA’S SISTER CITY LEIDSCHENDAM-VOORBURG TO HONOR THE RESILIENT AMERICAN SPIRIT IN THE AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.”
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