In remembering, we raise our voice for those who have no voice and seek to preserve and protect the history and legacy of their lives.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 18 April, 2023 | Topics: Events, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
The Janina Monkutė-Marks Museum has always been the little America in Lithuania. The Embassy is proud to call the Musuem Gallery a friend and partner ever since 2001, when one of my predecessors, Ambassador Tefft, took part at the Museum opening ceremony.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 17 April, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, History, News, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
On July 28, we mark 100 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Lithuania and invited all our friends and partners to mark the occasion in a special way – here are some options
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 25 July, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Embassy, Events, History, News, Outreach, Public Affairs, U.S. & Lithuania
Throughout this year, the U.S. Embassy has been celebrating 100 years of unbroken diplomatic relations between the United States and Lithuania. I take great pride in the fact that when we say 100 years, we mean it – 100 years of continuous, uninterrupted friendship and shared values.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 8 July, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Events, History, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Lithuania
Ambassador Gilchrist’s Remarks for the Conference A Divisive Past: The Soviet-German War and Narratives of Mass Violence in East Central Europe Friday, June 4, 2021 As prepared for delivery Speaker Čmilytė-Nielsen, Mayor Šimašius, Ambassador Levy, Ambassador Sonn, Dr. Nikžentaitis, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the honor of joining you today as we mark this somber occasion — the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Holocaust in Lithuania. As …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 6 June, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, History, Human Rights, News, Speeches
Congratulations to Lithuania on this 103rd anniversary of the Restoration of the State! Su gimtadieniu! From Secretary Blinken and all of us at U.S. Embassy Vilnius, we wish Lithuania a happy birthday and congratulate you on this 103rd anniversary of the Restoration of the State! Su gimtadieniu! “On behalf of the Government of the United …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 16 February, 2021 | Topics: History, News, Press Releases
MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MAY 7, 2020 The following is a joint statement by the U. S. Secretary of State and the Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Begin text: Marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2020, we pay tribute to …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 8 May, 2020 | Topics: Europe & Eurasia, History, Key Officials, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Lithuania, U.S. Secretary of State
Fifty years ago a man stepped onto the moon and forever changed mankind’s vision of what is possible. I am sure you have all heard Neil Armstrong’s famous quote when he set foot on the moon, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Indeed, it was a giant leap. The Apollo …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 26 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History, News, Speeches
Volunteer Eimutis died while protecting a building which housed an assessment mission of the American Relief Administration, an organization which would provide more than four million tons of food to European countries, including Lithuania and the other Baltic states, following the First World War.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 19 March, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy, Events, History, News, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
It is a great honor and privilege for me to take part today in this ceremony to present the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom to President Valdas Adamkus. Each year, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation bestows this medal on individuals and institutions that have demonstrated a life-long commitment to freedom, democracy, and opposition to communism …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 29 November, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History, News, Public Affairs, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
It is a great honor and privilege for me to take part in this symposium, and to pay my respects to Chiune Sugihara, to Jan Zwartendijk, and to all those who assisted them in their efforts to save lives. As a career diplomat, the stories of these brave officials, who defied the odds, often defying …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 6 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Events, History, Human Rights, News, Speeches
It is a great honor and privilege for me to take part in this groundbreaking ceremony for the Lost Shtetl Museum. This past December, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Šeduva and learn about this unique project.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 8 May, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History, Speeches
It is a great honor to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania during the centennial celebration of the restoration of Lithuanian statehood. The United States has proudly called Lithuania a friend for the past century.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 18 April, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Events, History, News, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
On April 18 the exhibition “Across the Ocean: The Age of Friendship between Lithuania and the United States of America” opens at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library. The exhibit, created in partnership with the Valdas Adamkus Presidential Library and American Fulbright Scholar Charles Perrin, reveals one hundred years of friendship between the U.S. and Lithuania and …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 16 April, 2018 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Embassy, Featured Event, History, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Lithuania
Remarks given by Chargé d’affaires Howard Solomon at the Commemoration of the 77th Anniversary of the Sumner Welles Declaration in Vilnius on July 20, 2017.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 20 July, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Embassy, Europe & Eurasia, History, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
On June 5, Ambassador Hall gave remarks at the “Marshall Plan” 70th Anniversary Commemoration Event at Seimas. This day marks the 70th anniversary of United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall’s address at Harvard University, unveiling the European Aid Program, a program that has become known to all as the “Marshall Plan.”
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 5 June, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Economic Issues, Featured Event, History, News, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Speeches