Little Lithuania, Chicago, United States, is the largest Lithuanian community outside Lithuania, referred to by many Lithuanian-Americans as the second capital of Lithuania. Lithuanian-Americans from Chicago have had a huge effect on both American and Lithuanian politics. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

Lithuanians have been arriving in America since 1918, when Lithuania declared its independence from Imperial Russia. It should be noted that, although this is the first official record, Lithuanians had been arriving earlier; however, they were listed as Russian citizens. This is compounded by the fact that, prior to Lithuanian Independence, most if not all official documents were written in Russian, Polish, or German. Thousands of Lithuanians have since moved to Chicago, providing a good source of labor for the growing city. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Little Lithuania is the center of Lithuanian culture in America. It houses the only museum about Lithuania in America (the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture), which has a huge wealth of knowledge on Lithuania and Lithuanian culture. It has a number of Lithuanian restaurants, bookstores, and other shops. Even the current President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, was a former resident of the Chicago area. Chicago is also the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania, and still has close ties to what is still affectionately called the Motherland. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... President Valdas Adamkus Valdas V. Adamkus (born Voldemaras Adamkavecius on November 3, 1926) is the current President of the Republic of Lithuania. ...

External links

• The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
• The Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania

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