The Defenders of Freedom Day

KatyciaiJanuary 12 - 13th, 2016.

This year it is the 25th Anniversary of the Defence of Freedom of Lithuania

The day of the Defenders of Freedom was commemorated in Lithuania to honour January 13, 1991, the anniversary of the defenders of Lithuanian freedom and the victims of Soviet aggression. Bonfires were burning all around Lithuania as a reminder of the day when the country’s freedom was defended on January 13, 1991.

“Let’s Be Together” : lighting of the commemorative bonfire in Katyčiai

The traditional civic action “The Memory is alive through testimony” at Katyciai basic school of Silute

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Many Lithuanian schools light the candles on the windows, which symbolize the respect to the casualties, also the light of the defended freedom, the victory of freedom ideas against the brutal force as well as the memory and concentration.

The civic action “Forget-me-not” at Katyciai basic school of Silute region

We pin a flower of Forget-me-not as a sign of our memory and honour to the people who defended our freedom .

Katyciai basic school of Silute region