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Salem To Celebrate 35th Anniversary Ota City, Japan Sister City Relationship
The city will hold a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the bond on Saturday.
SALEM, MA — Salem residents are invited to attend a ceremony and flag-raising on Saturday celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Witch City's Sister City relationship with Ota City, Tokyo, Japan.
The event is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the National Visitor Park Center outside of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Mayor Dominick Pangallo, Consul General Seiichi Takahashi and the Salem Ota Cultural Exchange are hosting the event in cooperation with the Peabody Essex Museum and the National Park Service.
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The Creative County Initiative the Essex County Community Foundation are helping sponsor the celebration.
The event is free and open to the public.
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