Mayor Wu signed a letter of intent and a formal agreement will follow next April during Tartan Week.
Boston’s mayor admitted she placed on traffic cone on a statue of Bill Russell outside the city halls amid the Tartan Army’s antics.
Mayor Michelle Wu laughed when asked about the trend after she officially made Boston and Glasgow sister cities.
“I think we may see some lingering traditions from their visit, and I have to admit I also put a cone on Bill Russell’s head outside today,” Mayor Wu said.
“It’s been fun. I mean, the cones are pretty fun.”
She added: “I think that it’s such a sense of playful, joyful surprise when you can see that happening.
“We do need cones that need to be in the right place to stay in the right place, so we need to find additional cones for that, but it’s just a sense of joy everywhere.”
The traffic cone tradition is most associated with the statue of the Duke of Wellington outside the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow.
Since the late 1980s, a cone has been atop the statue’s head and it has been persistently replaced whenever it is removed.
Mayor Wu also praised the Tartan Army for bringing positive energy to the city and for cleaning up after themselves along the way.
“No Scotland, no party’ has been absolutely been stuck in my head all the time,” she said.
“I think one other bit of incredible feedback that I’ve gotten is that in space after space, where the Tartan Army has has occupied, whether it is the fan march or other spaces, they’re cleaning up after themselves completely.”
Mayor Wu added: “They’re gathering all the litter, putting it away when the trash cans are overflowed, putting it in a little pile next to the trash cans.
“It’s a mayor’s dream, really.”
Mayor Wu signed a letter of intent at The Haven, Boston’s only dedicated Scottish bar, which has served as the unofficial Tartan Army headquarters throughout the tournament, on Thursday.
A formal agreement will follow next April during Tartan Week.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Mayor Wu said the sister city agreement is “an enduring partnership from there on out”.
She called First Minister John Swinney a “lovely leader” and said it was an “honour” to welcome him into Boston’s City Hall.
She said they had a conversation about the shared history and heritage that Boston and Scotland communities have.
They also discussed how devoted they are to tackling hunger and poverty, especially for children.
“There were a lot of shared values there, and a lot of places where we’ll look to work together,” Mayor Wu said.
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