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Baltic Way Marks Its 30th Anniversary!
08/23/2019
On August 23rd, 1989, almost two million people in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stood together, hand in hand, forming a 650-kilometer-long human chain, stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn. This historic and iconic joining of people fighting for their freedom and their independence was the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union.
“And a spirit of renewal lights the Baltic States – Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania – striving to recapture their national history.” ~ said George Bush, President of United States of America (1989 – 1993), on July 21, 1989, a month before the Baltic Way.
Six months later Lithuanian declared Independence, followed by Estonia and Latvia a year later.