May
04
12:00 pm

Partizanas Vanagas – Monument Unveiling

At LWC, Front Lawn
14911 127th Street
Lemont, IL 60439

 Join our community at the official unveiling of Jonas Jagėla’s monument for the Freedom Fighter A.Ramanauskas – Vanagas.  Prominent guests include A. Ramanauskas’ – Vanagas’ daughter, Auksutė Ramanauskaitė Skokauskienė; granddaughter, Inga Jancevičienė; the Republic of Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius; Consul General of the Republic of Lithuania in Chicago, Mantvydas Bekešius; Lithuanian American Community President Arvydas Urbonavičius; and others.

Schedule of Events:
10:30 am – Mass at Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis Mission; intentions for all of the Lithuanian Freedom Fighters
12:00 pm – Official Unveiling Ceremony on the front lawn of the Lithuanian World Center
1:00 pm – Director Vytautas V. Landsbergis’ documentary film, “Vanago portretas”, about Vanagas in the Gallery “Soul” of the Lithuanian Art Museum