Much of the initial political activity of the #Lithuanian Americans was confined to the immigrant community itself, as immigrants sought to define themselves, especially in terms of the rising tide of #Lithuanian nationalism that dominated the latter part of the nineteenth century

#Lithuanian refugees’ main educational contribution to the community was the formation of a series of #Lithuanian schools to transmit #Lithuanian language and culture to succeeding generations of #Lithuanian Americans.

The large majority of #Lithuanian immigrants to America were #Roman Catholics; there were also small numbers of Lutherans, Jews, and Orthodox Christians

#Lithuanian refugees of World War II—many of whom were highly educated, skilled professionals—exhibited an intense interest in education.