The history of the partisan resistance is an integral part of Lithuania’s resistance to Soviet-Russia’s aggression and still speaks to the imagination of most Lithuanians. The present situation of Russian aggression and warfare in Eastern Ukraine and the forceful annexation of Crimea have brought back dreadful memories to many in Lithuania. […]
On 24 Augustus, just 2 days after completing his race across the USA, about 100 Lithuanians gathered in the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC, to hear Aidas Ardzijauskas speak about the run, the challenges, and the achievement. […]
Sunday, 24 August, the Lithuanian Embassy in the U.S. with generous support of the Lithuanian Foundation hosted legendary Lithuanian rock star, Algirdas Kaušpėdas. The Lithuanian Foundation’s chair Marius Kasniūnas introduced the multi-faceted Algirdas Kaušpėdas, who at 61 is mainly working as a well-known architect. […]
Seventy-five years ago, on 23 August, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a cooperation and non-aggression pact. The now infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe and provided with its secret provisions an evil platform that set the stage for the Second World War. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe in a half Nazi, half Communist continent. It stands as a stark reminder that totalitarianism in its various forms leads to death and destruction. […]
On Monday 14 July, the Detroit based Mosaic Singers will perform a concert in the splendid St. Casimir church (Šv. Kazimiero bažnyčia). […]
he 1950s and 1960s were different times for professional athletes. Johnny Unitas was paid a starting salary of $ 7,000 a year in 1956. Adjusted for inflation, that would be about $60,000 in 2014 terms. Most players in those days, certainly the players of the Baltimore Colts, would be living and playing in the community. In addition, they would work in the same communities during the off-season to supplement their income. That looks like light-years away from today’s conditions for professional athletes where multi-million dollar salaries and living in ostentatious mansions are the norm. […]
In the late 1940s, a substitute teacher in St Justin’s High School, a Catholic grade school, was asking students about their career goals. Much to her surprise Johnny Unitas said that his ambition was to become a professional football player. […]
On 9 June the Lithuanian Embassy in the US, together with the American Councils’ ExCel programme, hosted a goodbye party for six Lithuanian High School students that spend the 2013-2014 school year on an exchange programme in an American high school. […]
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