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Anna (Lithuanian: Ona Vytautienė; died on 31 July 1418 in Trakai) was Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1392–1418). She probably was the first wife of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Anna was mother of Sophia of Lithuania, the wife of Vasily I of Moscow.
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- 4 August 1392 – 31 July 1418
- Lithuanian Heritage of The Towns and Villages of The Pennsylvania Coal Region
- Buildings of The Modern Lithuanian Architectural Style in America
- Famous Lithuanian Burials
- Lithuanian Monuments in The USA
- 111 Lithuanian Heritage Sites in Chicagoland
- Lithuanian Club Palaces, Often Older Than The Republic of Lithuania Itself
- Localities Named After Lithuania
- Lithuanian Convents, Monasteries, and Camps
- Lithuanian Museums in America
- Places Related to Lithuanian Minorities
In Pennsylvania Coal Region alone, as many as 105 Lithuanian heritage sites were added to the map. This was the first area where Lithuanians settled in considerable numbers in the USA, starting in 1869 and numbering over 100 000 at the turn of the century. In this area alone, there are more than 40 Lithuanian churches, with a density of a Lithuania...
The map also includes the world’s best buildings and monuments of the Modern Lithuanian architectural style that had been invented by Lithuanian-American architects in the 1950s-1960s. At the time, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union. Any ethnic architecture in Lithuania was replaced by drab Soviet styles, the same all over the Union. Most L...
The “Destination Lithuanian America “map includes 44 graves of the famous Lithuanian historical figures who are buried in the USA and Canada. Most of them fled the Soviet Genocide in 1944. As Soviets generally targetted the intellectuals, the “cream of the society “emigrated, many of them important politicians and artists who continued to create wh...
“Destination Lithuanian America “map includes 179 memorials and commemorative plaques in the USA, ranging from “Monuments to those who died to Lithuanian freedom “to statues of particular famous Lithuanians and Lithuanian-Americans to public plaques describing the history of the local Lithuanian communities. These have been erected from Yorktown, T...
Chicagoland is the largest treasure trove of Lithuanian heritage sites in America, with as many as 111 of them added to the map. This is not strange because Chicago is known as the “capital of Lithuanian diaspora “. Before World War 1, there were more Lithuanians in Chicago (by number) than in any city of still-rural Lithuania itself. Until the 198...
Lithuanian immigration to America began in the 19th century when Lithuania was still deep in the discriminatory Russian Imperial rule that banned the Lithuanian language and culture there. Lithuanians managed to build Lithuanian-symbol inscribed buildings and interiors in America long before they could have appeared in Lithuania itself. Furthermore...
“Destination Lithuanian America “includes 54 localities named after Lithuania or Lithuanians, including entire districts of Lithuanian streets in Lawrence (MA) and Nashua (NH), Lithuanian-named lakes Dainava and Kasulaitis in Quebec and Pennsylvania, respectively, and far more. “Destination Lithuanian America “creators sought to uncover the stories...
Lithuanian convents and monasteries have also been mapped. They provided a voluntary workforce for Lithuanian parishes, parish schools and more. In return, Lithuanian donors transformed them into treasure troves of Lithuanian art in America, turning some of them into Lithuanian parks (e.g. the one in Kennebunk, Maine). Additional “Lithuanian parks ...
“Destination Lithuanian America “map also includes 11 Lithuanian museums in the USA, each of them a great introduction to the Lithuanian ethnic traditions, crafts, and history. It also includes the unique historical sites built to embody Lithuania itself, such as the Lithuanian Cultural Garden of Cleveland, built before World War and full of sculpt...
“Destination Lithuanian America “lists criteria that render a site inclusion. These criteria consider a visible relation to Lithuania but not necessarily ethnic Lithuanians. Important places visibly related to the former Lithuanian minorities are also included in the map. Among those is the King Jogaila statue in New York Central Park built by Pole...
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Born in 1350. Died on 31 Jul 1418. Buried in Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania.
She probably was the first wife of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Anna was mother of Sophia of Lithuania, the only child of Vytautas and wife of Vasily I of Moscow. She is best remembered for helping Vytautas to escape from a prison in Kreva in 1382 and thus probably saving his life.
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The United States established diplomatic relations with Lithuania on 28 July 1922. During World War II, Lithuania was at various times occupied by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The Soviet invasion and occupation forced the closure of the Legation to Lithuania on 5 September 1940. However, Lithuanian Diplomatic Service in the United States ...
