Destination Lithuanian America

Destination Lithuanian America (Lithuanian "Tikslas - Amerika") is an online interactive map of Lithuanian heritage sites of America.

Destination Lithuanian America includes 550 sites such as Lithuanian-American churches, cemeteries, monuments, monasteries, club buildings, plaques, graves of the famous Lithuanian-Americans, Lithuanian-named localities in America. The aim of the map is to include each site[1] meeting its criteria.[2]

Destination Lithuanian America is being created during field trips where volunteers from Lithuania visit each site in person, taking photographs and learning the history of the site from the local Lithuanian-Americans.[3] This information is then made available online.

Destination Lithuanian America is a non-profit project. It has been partly funded by the government of Lithuania as part of the centenary of the Republic of Lithuania celebrations.[9] The remainder of the funding was covered by Lithuanian-American organizations, Lithuanian-Americans and other Lithuanians through means such as crowd-funding.

Destination Lithuanian America map is bilingual (Lithuanian and English languages)

Destination Lithuanian America volunteers also record interviews with the Lithuanian-heritage keepers in America that have been then shown as Lithuanian-language series by the LRT television.[10]

References

  1. , "Destination “Lithuanian” America Aims For 100% Documentation", Family history foundation
  2. , Explanations of the map, Official website
  3. , "They came from Vilnius. Digging for Hidden Treasure Finding Lithuanian markers across America", Draugas News, 2019 01 25
  4. , „Tikslas – Amerika kelionė baigėsi: kiek lietuviškų vietų rado JAV?“, 15 min
  5. , Authors of the map (East Coast, 2017), Official website
  6. , Authors of the map (Midwest, 2018), Official website
  7. Tėviškės Žiburiai, 2019 12 10, page 8 (in Lithuanian)
  8. , Authors of the map (Canada, 2019), Official website
  9. , “Destination – America” expedition is on the road to the US, Restored Lithuania 100 (official Lithuanian government website)
  10. Full LRT shows about the Destination Lithuanian America 2018 expedition online (in Lithuanian)
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