World Lithuanian Games

When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Girėnas Sports Centre, the Hall and the Stadium. It was during the World Lithuanian Games in the summer of 1991. I followed the participants marching from the Old Town. There were crowds of people, great mood, no mournful atmosphere. The second day of the Games was coloured in bright green: a boy who carried Detroit Kovas flag gave me five dollars for a photo that I handed him when we met. My first honorarium in cash! As my aunt Zita (currently living in Detroit) found out, his name was Tadas Baukys. The euphoria did not last long. Shots were fired at the Lithuanian boarder and the crowds moved to Vilnius: again, for a funereal.

Kavaliauskas M. 2013: D., G. and others. Kaunas:  Šviesos raštas, p. 10-11.

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World Lithuanians sports games: Canada delegation 1991. from G. Vitulskis personal archives. 

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World Lithuanians sports games: Canada delegation; V.Mačiulis taking interview from Lithuanians in USA delegation leader V.Adamkaus 1991. from G. Vitulskis personal archives. 

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World Lithuanians sports games: prie Nežinomo kario kapo. 1991 m. iš G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo. 

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Pasaulio lietuvių sporto žaidynės: žygiuoja organizacinio komiteto nariai. 1991 m. iš G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo. 

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Pasaulio lietuvių sporto žaidynės: žygiuoja Lietuvos delegacija. 1991 m. iš G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo. 

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Pasaulio lietuvių sporto žaidynės. 1991 m. iš G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo.