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February 16 at 8 pm In local time (February 17 at 3 am Lithuanian time), celebrating the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania, Niagara Falls will be illuminated in tricolor colors in Lithuania.
On this day, the Lithuanian tricolor will float in the heart of the Canadian capital, in front of the municipality of Ottawa. Flags will also be raised in other cities. On the occasion of Lithuania’s birthday in tricolor colors, with 60 thousand. The LED lights will illuminate the Edmonton Bridge in the province of Alberta.
For the first time in history, a shared virtual event in Canada
All Lithuanian Canadians will celebrate together on February 16: the Lithuanian Embassy in Canada, together with the Lithuanian community of Canada, the Union of Young Lithuanians of Canada, Lithuanian schools and other organizations, are organizing a joint event for the first time: a virtual concert of the House of Signatories in Vilnius.
During the event, all Lithuanians in Canada will be received by the President of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania-Seimas Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis. The program includes greetings from senior Canadian and Lithuanian officials, and a general greeting-wish from all Lithuanian organizations in Canada. The musical part of the event, during which specially selected Canadian and Lithuanian works will be performed by the soloists of the Musical Theater of the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies of Vilnius College (director Dalia Abarė).
“I am sincerely glad that, together with the Lithuanian community in Canada, we have found ways to operate in these difficult pandemic conditions. With virtual events, we can connect no matter where we are: in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton or Vancouver. With the help of modern tools, we have become even more united, involving a significantly wider circle of Lithuanians in Canada. The events of February 16 in Canada are another great example of unity and love for Lithuania, “said the Lithuanian ambassador. in Canada, Darius Skusevičius.
The event will be webcast on February 16 at 7 pm Ottawa Time (February 17, 2 am Lithuanian time). Links to the event can be found on the Embassy’s website. Before the concert broadcast, Lithuanians in Canada will gather for a joint photo at the ZOOM reunion.
