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 On
28 April 1996 Mosta and Millbrae sealed an agreement by which they
became twinned. Millbrae is a young city in the State of California,
U.S.A.
It makes up
part of the San Francisco area and here is found the largest number
of emigrants coming from Mosta and their descendants. Thus while
Millbrae is so far away from Mosta geographically, yet it may be
said to be quite near to it due to the human bond that exists between
the migrants and their Mostin relatives still residing in Mosta.
In fact the distance between the two settlements is 13,047 kilometres
or 8,109 miles.
Millbrae
became a city with the right to its own City Council on 15 January
1948. The name ‘Millbrae’ is composed of two words,
‘Mill’ which is derived from the surname of one of the
families which had much land in this locality ( the Mills family)
and ‘brae’, which comes from the Scottish vocabulary
meaning rolling hills. Millbrae is a small city especially when
compared to its neighbour, San Francisco. It is considered to be
a quiet, sunny and environmentally clean place as it is situated
in the midst of greenery, fields and hills.
On
the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Millbrae, the Mosta
Local Council presented the residents of Millbrae with one of the
component stones of the Rotunda belfry which had been replaced during
restoration work. This gift is today found in front of the Millbrae
City Hall with a plaque commemorating the event. In Mosta one of
the main roads leading to the town is named Millbrae Avenue as an
everlasting memory of this twinning with the American city.
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