USA and the relationship between the Lithuanian-Americans and their
homeland will be substantially covered in our VilNews editions during April and May 2012. Feedback from you, dear readers, is still wanted!
Go to SECTION 11 – LITHUANIA IN THE WORLD

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1		Healing the wounds between LT-Americans and the homeland
1.1		“I am very pleased to see this intra-Lithuanian forum open up and give vent to these prejudices we have about each other”
2		The President and the World-Lithuanians on collision course?
3		A native American who loves Lithuania!
3.1		“There are significant cultural differences between LT-Americans and Lithuanians that grew up in the Soviet Lithuania”
3.2		“My impression is that many of us Lithuanian-Americans have thought about the possibility of retiring in Lithuania”
4		The Knights of Lithuania keep on fighting
5		Lithuanian ‘egg art’ on the Martha Stewart Show
6		Hordes of Lithuanians came to Pennsylvania to work in coal mines
7		Son of a Lithuanian coal miner
8		Easter and more – in Boston & Vilnius
9		We will never forget or underestimate the role of Lithuanian Americans in our struggle for independence
10		Alexander & Ruth Bielaski The Lithuanian FBI boss and his sister
10		TIME 1951: "The most invulnerable, most unfirable, most feared and most admired career woman in the U.S. Government."
11		Cultivating Lithuanian unity world-wide: What YOU can do!
12		LT-American filmmaker Jonas Mekas launches 'bar movie' in NY today
13		Vanda’s story: Memories of a prewar childhood in Lithuania – and an escape to the U.S.
14		Chicago 26 – 28 April: 200 scholars meeting to examine the Baltics
15		LT sportsmen in USA
16		Lithuanian-American Johnny Podres (1932-2008): US baseball’s ‘most valuable player’ in 1955
17		Antanas Smetona: Lithuania's famous president who ended his days in the U.S.
18		No flowers for Smetona
19		US-Lithuanian Facebook sites do a superb job!
20		Would you like to join me to the Lithuanian Cultural Garden in Cleveland?
21		A visit to our Homeland through the eyes of 12 American-Lithuanian women
22		Saluting the Lithuanians of Brockton, Massachusetts
23		Boston, Massachusetts, July 1, 2012: The 14th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival!
24		Boston Lithuanian Cultural "Subatvakaris" - 50 years
25		US-Lithuanian Jews play many key roles
26		“Why do you love Jews so much?”
27		Ona Šimaitė: Righteous – and Human
28		Rūta Šepetys and Ellen Cassedy Probably our relatives brushed shoulders in the marketplace
29		What defines Lithuania? SOME US-LITHUANIAN REFLECTIONS…
30		How Chicago became Lithuania’s second capital
30.1		As vast as the waves of Lithuanian immigrants who crossed the ocean to start new lives thousands of miles from their native land
31		No LT leaders called to say they love me
32		Sending e-mail to LT is like sending it to the black hole of the universe
33		Should there be gay parades in Lithuania?
34		Global Baltic ‘family reunion’ in Chicago
35		Nazi – not Nazi?
36		Juozas Ambrazevicius- Brazaitis is no hero
37		Good morning, Mr. President!
38		U.S.-Nordic-Baltic cooperation
39		Message to all U.S.-Lithuanians: Come home, your country needs you!