BNS: Virtual Baltic Way to unite Lithuanians around globe
Updated 2008-06-09
VILNIUS, Jun 09, BNS - Lithuanians spread around the globe are invited to unite again and form a virtual Baltic Way in the celebration of 20-year anniversary of the Sajudis liberation movement.
The Conservatives- Christian Democrats initiated launching of a special website www.baltijoskelias2.lt that enables every registered user to mark the place of their residence on the world map, upload a photograph and leave a comment. This way, participants of the campaign can join the community supporting values of the Baltic Way.
Authors and implementers of the project expect that the campaign will not only foster patriotic feelings but also encourage original use of patriotic symbols, their spread on the Internet and evoke the feeling of unity of Lithuanians across the world.
Organizers hope that Lithuanians living in all parts of the globe will join the project.
The Baltic Way action was held on Aug. 23, 1989, marking 50 years since the signing of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and secret protocols by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, which unlawfully divided Europe.
The documents created conditions for the Soviet Union to occupy the Baltic states for 50 years and appoint puppet governments there.
Marking the anniversary, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian people joined hands and created a human chain from Vilnius to Tallinn. The action was attended by about two million people who demonstrated the national revival of the three Baltic states, the viability of the idea of independence.
The world recognized the independent states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia two years later.
