On February 19 at 4:00 PM, at The Valdas Adamkus Presidential Library-Museum (S. Daukantas St. 25, Kaunas), there will be a presentation of the monograph “Loving Lithuania from Afar: Lithuanian Consuls General in Chicago Juzefa and Petras Povilas Daužvardžiai” by historian and researcher at the Vytautas Magnus University Lithuanian Emigration Institute, Dr. Asta Petraitytė-Briedienė.

This book, based on documents preserved in Lithuania and the USA, as well as the testimonies of living witnesses, tells the extraordinary life story of the Daužvardžiai consuls—figures unjustly forgotten and little known to Lithuanian society. Diplomats Dr. Petras Povilas Daužvardis and Juzefa Rauktytė-Daužvardienė, a husband and wife, served for many years as Lithuanian consuls in the USA. From 1937 to 1983, their consular duties in Chicago, their various public activities, and their private lives were closely connected with Lithuania and its citizens both in the homeland and in the diaspora. Their work, diplomacy, and patriotism serve as an example of how one can love, respect, and defend their homeland, even from afar, while living far from Lithuania.

The event will feature the book’s author, Professor Juozas Skirius, Dr. Daiva Dapkutė, and will be moderated by Dr. Giedrius Janauskas.

During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase the published book.

The event will be held in Lithuanian.

We warmly invite you to participate.