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Lithuania Independence Day 2020

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Dec 22, 2018 Today’s Doodle celebrates the 102nd anniversary of the signing of the Act of Independence
by the Council of Lithuania. The holiday is also known as Restoration of the State Day, as
the document reestablished the nation’s sovereignty.

Located on the eastern edge of the Baltic Sea, Lithuania was founded in the 13th century,
and its native tongue is the closest living language to ancient Sanskrit. As the Russian
Empire collapsed in 1917, Germany invited Lithuania to join them in a new partnership.
Instead, on this day in 1918, the newly-formed Council of Lithuania chose autonomy.

Independence Day festivities are celebrated from the capital city Vilnius in the east, to the
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shores of the Baltic Sea in the west, and everywhere in between. Another common sighting
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is the yellow, green, and red ag, as depicted in the Doodle artwork. Visitors can enjoy
concerts, and local delicacies such as cepelinai potato dumplings, or traditional šakotis
pastries which famously resemble pine trees.

Happy Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena!

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This day in history

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