2023-10-07 04:00:00
Residents of the La Source neighborhood will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wichita and Orléans twinning, with a torchlight procession, a concert and country dancing.
The metal Indian, located at the intersection of de la Bolière and Kennedy avenues, was offered by the city of Wichita to the city of Orléans. Olivier Ravoire, director of the cabinet and public relations office of the mayor of Orléans, recalls what links the two cities, twinned since 1973.
A celebration on December 2
“This friendship dates back to the post-war period, knowing that in 1944, Orléans was liberated by the Kansas National Guard Regiment of Wichita. Strong ties were formed between the people of Orléan and the allied soldiers. As a result, the city of Wichita offered the little train in Pasteur Park and the statue of the Indian, “guardian of the plains” at La Source. In American history, the Wichitas are a tribe of Native Americans currently living in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The Orléans-La Source festival committee, the Orléans, Wichita, New Orléans twinning association and the City decided to celebrate this anniversary together, on Saturday, December 2, and to also celebrate Thanksgiving: “We chose La Source , with the presence of the Indian, who has become the symbol of the neighborhood,” explains Danielle Kuntz, secretary of the festival committee. For Patrick Briet, treasurer of the Orléans, Wichita, New Orleans twinning association, it was obvious to commemorate this anniversary “in a peripheral neighborhood, where we often hear regarding the Indian.” On Saturday, December 2, from 6 p.m., a torchlight parade will leave from Place de l’Allemand to the Pellicer village hall. “We are expecting at least 300 young people. The party will continue in the Pellicer room with a concert of American music and country dances,” explains Olivier Ravoire. As for the City, “it will offer tastings to promote North American culture”
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