[Introduction]
The anti-commememoration of the 90th anniversary of V-16 begins with this contextual piece, providing a few paths of inquiry into understanding what the circumstances were that led to the establishment of the Republic of Lithuania. I’m not, importantly, a historian. At best, I’m a literary critic. As such, this context is badly simplified, but it [...]
Lietuvos Taryba. wikipedia
Vincas asked me last week if I had any special plans for celebrating V-16, the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Lithuanian Declaration of Independence. His question struck me as odd; I never considered doing something other than, say, going down to Champaign to get drunk with the Baltic Club, as they now host [...]