The original 20 members of the Council of Lithuania after signing the Act of Independence of Lithuania, 16 February 1918 (Source)
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Lituanica above New York in 1933. The transatlantic flight was one of the most precise in aviation history. It equaled, and in some aspects surpassed, Charles Lindbergh's classic flight. (Source)
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Lithuanian police cruiser in Gediminas Avenue, Vilnius (Source)
Vilnius University Life Sciences Center in the Sunrise Valley (Source)
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Romuva Cinema, the oldest still operational cinema in Lithuania (Source)
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Rock band Antis, which under firm censorship actively mocked the Soviet Union regime by using metaphors in their lyrics, during an Anti-Sovietism, Anti-communism concert in 1987 (Source)
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Baltic amber was once a valuable trade resource. It was transported from the region of modern-day Lithuania to the Roman Empire and Egypt through the Amber Road. (Source)
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Lithuanian armoured train Gediminas 3, used in Lithuanian Wars of Independence and Lithuanian soldiers (Source)
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Soldiers of the Red Army enter the territory of Lithuania during the first Soviet occupation in 1940. (Source)
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On 13 January 1991, Soviet forces fired live rounds at unarmed independence supporters and crushed two of them with tanks, killing 13 in total. To this day, Russia refuses to extradite the perpetrators, who were convicted of war crimes.[127] (Source)
Commemoration of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania in the historical Seimas hall where it was originally signed in 1990. The ceremony is attended by the Lithuanian President, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Seimas and other high-ranking officials. (Source)
Cepelinai, a potato-based dumpling dish characteristic of Lithuanian cuisine with meat, curd or mushrooms (Source)
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Trakai Island Castle, the former residence of the Grand Dukes and capital city of the medieval state (Source)
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Site of the Paneriai massacre, where the German Nazis and their collaborators executed up to 100,000 people of various nationalities. About 70,000 of them were Jews. (Source)
