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Lithuanian victims of Soviet repressions were honored in Washington, DC. Added 2019-06-15 Lithuania marks June 14 as a Day of Mourning and Hope. At 3am on June 14, 1941, NKVD officers began mass arrests of Lithuanian citizens. In less than a week 18,000 people, including families with children, were deported to Siberia in sealed animal...
Thousands guests visit the Embassy, as it opens the doors to the public during #EUOpenHouse Added 2019-05-13 On Saturday, May 11, The Embassy of Lithuania in DC [together with all other 27 European Union Embassies and the European Union Delegation] opened its doors to the public, welcoming thousands of Washingtonians. “For every Ambassador and every...
The memory of legendary leader of Lithuanian partisans A.Ramanauskas-Vanagas was honored at the Embassy Added 2019-05-10 Lithuanians living in greater DC area met with Auksutė Ramanauskaitė-Skokauskienė, daughter of the Commander in-Chief of Lithuanian freedom fighters A. Ramanauskas-Vanagas, and with his granddaughter Inga Jancevičienė. The discussion about his...
Foreign Minister confers Lithuania's Diplomacy Star on Dr. Jonas Daugirdas Added 2019-05-06 On 3 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius conferred the award of honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Lithuania's Diplomacy Star – on Dr. Jonas Daugirdas, member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago...
Monument to commander of Lithuanian partisans Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas unveiled in Chicago Added 2019-05-06 On 4 May in Chicago, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a solemn ceremony of unveiling of the monument to Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom...
Lithuanian dance group from Chicago receives honorable award Added 2019-05-06 On 4 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius conferred the highest amateur art award in Lithuania – “Aukso paukštė” (“The Golden Bird”) – on the Lithuanian dance group from Chicago “Grandis” ("The Link").
Ambassador Kriščiūnas presented the regalia of the Honorary Citizen of Vilnius to 43rd U.S. President George W.Bush Added 2019-04-09 On April 8 the regalia of the Honorary Citizen of Vilnius was presented to 43rd U.S. President George W.Bush. Ambassador of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas presented the regalia to Mr. Lindsay Lloyd, the Director of the Human Freedom Initiative at...
Day of Defenders of Lithuania's Freedom remembered by a tribute run in the National Mall Added 2019-01-14 Lithuanian Americans and friends of Lithuania braved the snowstorm and on January 13 participated in a tribute run in memoria of Lithuanian citizens killed by Soviet tanks on January 13, 1991, when the Soviet army unsuccessfully tried to...
"Memory is Alive through Testimony"- the Embassy remembers the heroes of freedom Added 2019-01-11 The Embassy of Lithuania joined the civic initiative "Memory is Alive through Testimony", undergoing in all Lithuanian schools and public institutions. The Embassy team lit the candles in the windows to remember the civilians killed by Soviet...
President Valdas Adamkus is awarded the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Added 2018-11-17 On 14 November, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation organized a conference and a Triumph of Liberty Gala Dinner to remember all victims of tyranny and to celebrate the heroes of liberty in Washington, DC.