By The Associated Press | Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:00 am
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee will soon have two lions guarding the Zeidler Municipal Building downtown.
The 6-foot tall stone lions weighing about 3,000 pounds each are a gift from Ningbo, China. Mayor Tom Barrett traveled there in 2005 to advance cultural and business exchanges between the two port cities.
Ningbo's Vice Mayor Wu Hemin (WOO HIM'-in) will lead a delegation to Milwaukee to present the gift Monday.
A Milwaukee Common Council committee passed a resolution Wednesday, saying the lions are a symbol of the cities' friendly relationship.
The Milwaukee mayor's office has given Ningbo are a framed picture of the Milwaukee skyline, Bucks memorabilia as well as a Harley-Davidson leather jacket to the mayor, among other things.