Period 111SITES OF MEMORY

Memories about Oakwood Park by people of Kaunas.

Indrė Žakevičienė: The most memorable event for me was the commemoration of February 16 in 1989 in Santaka Stadium and the “analogue” of the Baltic Way 25 years ago in the Museum of War.

Eugenija: "I remember, when they destroyed Stalin’s monument.

Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): Everyone on the same lion !

Mindaugas Kavaliauskas: It was a rally to support the Act of March 11 and show our unity.

Žilvinas: “My brother and I, we are twins.

Neringa: In childhood, our parents would bring us to Vytauto Park.

Alvydas: Some time ago, before the monument for Darius and Girėnas, there was a “singing fountain”.

Svetlana: “I was living in Siberia and came to Lithuania from Irkutsk when I was 32 years old.

Liucija: I arrived from the sea coast to study in Vilnius.

Greta: If someone asked which place of student life is the dearest to me, I would say that it's Artists' House.

Petras Vileišis Square (or Smėlynė, as it was called by the residents of Kaunas) was a place famous for horse racing.

Audronė: „Katedros šventorius buvo atskirtas plačia tvora, viduje buvo parduotuvytės.

Gintaras: Posters started to appear in Kaunas, just like in Vilnius, after the bloody events of January 13.

Gintaras: Žalgiris Stadium was not only a place of sports events; people were also interested in the shows by stunt drivers from Czechoslovakia.

Galina: “Formerly, the Christmas tree was decorated at Vienybės (Unity) Square.

Street, yard, house. I still remember where a turn should be taken in order to find myself next to the nine-store house, which was my most favourite place in my childhood.

Elvyra: “When me and my husband arrived at Linksmakalnis, the soldiers were still there.

Sculptor Robertas Antinis sharing his memories about  people of Laisvės avenue and Kaunas (2014).