{"id":1572,"date":"2014-07-04T14:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T14:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atmintiesvietos.azuolynobiblioteka.lt\/palces\/world-lithuanian-games\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:04:43","slug":"world-lithuanian-games","status":"publish","type":"palces","link":"https:\/\/atmintiesvietos.azuolynobiblioteka.lt\/en\/palces\/world-lithuanian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"World Lithuanian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Gir\u0117nas 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.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kavaliauskas M. 2013: D., G. and others. Kaunas: \u00a0\u0160viesos ra\u0161tas, p. 10-11.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1 photograph<\/em><br \/>\n<em>World Lithuanians sports games: Canada delegation 1991. from G. Vitulskis personal archives.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2 photograph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em>World Lithuanians sports games: Canada delegation<\/em>; V.Ma\u010diulis taking interview from Lithuanians in USA delegation leader V.Adamkaus 1991. <em>from G. Vitulskis personal archives.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>3 photograph<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>World Lithuanians sports games:<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0p<\/em><\/em>rie Ne\u017einomo kario kapo.\u00a0<em>1991 m. i\u0161 G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em>4 photograph<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Pasaulio lietuvi\u0173 sporto \u017eaidyn\u0117s:<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u017eygiuoja organizacinio komiteto nariai.\u00a0<em><em><em>1991 m. i\u0161 G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em>5 photograph<br \/>\n<em>Pasaulio lietuvi\u0173 sporto \u017eaidyn\u0117s: <em><em><em>\u017eygiuoja Lietuvos delegacija.<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0<em><em><em><em><em><em>1991 m. i\u0161 G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em><em>6 photograph<br \/>\n<em><em><em>Pasaulio lietuvi\u0173 sporto \u017eaidyn\u0117s<\/em><\/em><\/em>.\u00a0<em><em><em>1991 m. i\u0161 G. Vitulskio asmeninio archyvo.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Gir\u0117nas 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. 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