Lithuanian Day

Lithuanian Day
by New York World's Fair Lithuanian Day Committee
Adopted by
Stephen H. Van Dyk
in honor of Mary Ann and George Van Dyk
on December 14, 2016
Cover of booklet for Lithuanian day : New York World's Fair, Sept. 10, 1939.

Lithuanian day : New York World's Fair, Sept. 10, 1939

By New York World's Fair Lithuanian Day Committee. New York : 1939.

After the end of WWI, many small European and Baltic states declared their independence. In 1918, Lithuania became an independent nation. The 1939 World’s Fair in New York City had over 60 international pavilions, giving many of these newly independent countries the opportunity to assert their nationhood and culture. Each day at the fair was a special theme day and September 10, 1939 was declared Lithuania Day. To fulfill the program for this special day, Lithuania invited American Lithuanians to do their part by participating in this day long celebration. This booklet is a program of the day’s activities and provides lists of sponsors and participants in the singing, traditional dance, and cultural programs that took place. The Cooper Hewitt Library has a large World’s Fair Collection of over 2,000 volumes extending from the 1844 Beaux-Arts et Industrie Exposition in Paris to the present.

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