Speeches

Address by H.E. Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, in Independence Square on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Reestablished Lithuanian Independence

Dear Fellow People of Lithuania,

Today we are celebrating the day of Lithuania's historic opportunity - the unique opportunity to live in freedom and to choose our future path.

Today is the day of the generations - those generations who are no longer with us, but who have made this day possible, setting it down in golden letters in the Lithuanian annals.

Today is the day of our generation - those who are here to celebrate and to move forward spreading the historical meaning of independence.

Today is the day of the future generations - those who will create Lithuania after us and who will raise the three Baltic flags in the centuries to come. Finally, today is the day of the three Baltic States and of solidarity among the generations.

Let us all together perpetuate independence!

It is now my privilege and pleasure to introduce the Presidents of Estonia and Latvia who came to commemorate this historic anniversary together with us.

Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania