{"id":42866,"date":"2026-01-28T10:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/event\/16-february-is-the-day-of-the-restoration-of-the-lithuanian-state-events-in-klaipeda\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:54:31","slug":"16-february-is-the-day-of-the-restoration-of-the-lithuanian-state-events-in-klaipeda","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/event\/16-february-is-the-day-of-the-restoration-of-the-lithuanian-state-events-in-klaipeda\/","title":{"rendered":"16 February is the day of the restoration of the Lithuanian state. Events in Klaip\u0117da"},"content":{"rendered":"
February 16th<\/strong> is the day when the voice of Lithuania rang out in the name of Freedom. With the belief that freedom is not a gift, but a choice that we make every day anew. Let us celebrate Lithuania the way we know best – by being together, as a living feeling in the chest. Let us sing for ourselves and for our homeland, which is alive as long as we feel it! \"\ud83d\udc9b\"<\/span>\"\ud83d\udc9a\"<\/span>\"\u2764\ufe0f\"<\/span><\/div>\n
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Lithuanian state restoration commemoration events in Klaip\u0117da:<\/strong><\/div>\n
15 February.<\/strong>
\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span> 11.00-15.00 Creative activities for children “Pull out the burses”.
12.00 and 14.00 Educational activities for museum visitors “MISSION: TO TURN THE GUNS AROUND”.
*Admission with visitor ticket
\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> On board the Lithuanian Maritime Museum’s ship-museum M52 “S\u016bduvis”<\/div>\n
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16 February.<\/strong>
\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>10.00 am St. Mass for Lithuania.
\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> Klaip\u0117da Mary Queen of Peace Church (Rumpi\u0161k\u0117s str. 6)<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>11.15 am Festive procession from Klaip\u0117da Mary Queen of Peace Church to Klaip\u0117da Castle.
The ceremony will be attended by soldiers of the Klaip\u0117da Garrison of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the 3rd Riflemen of the Western (Sea) Rifles of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, the State Border Guard Service’s Coast Guard Border Detachment, the Klaip\u0117da County Chief Police Commissariat, the Public Security Service of the Internal Affairs System, the Klaip\u0117da Territorial Customs Service, the Klaip\u0117da Sea Cadets, and the Lithuanian Navy Orchestra. <\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>12.00. Commemoration of the Lithuanian State Constitution Day.
Raising of the Lithuanian State flag. Klaip\u0117da Mayor’s Award “For the Work of the Year for Klaip\u0117da”.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces Brass Band (artistic director Egidijus Miknius), Klaip\u0117da Choir Aukuras (director Tomas Ambrozaitis), Evelina Sa\u0161enko will perform.
\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> Klaip\u0117da Castle Square<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>13.30 CEREMONY OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LITHUANIAN HISTORICAL VALLEY.
Lithuanian Armed Forces Klaip\u0117da Garrison Military Units, the Naval Brass Band will take part.
\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> In Ma\u017evydas Avenue<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>13.30 Event “NATIONAL LANGUAGE – DIGNITY – SELF-INTEREST”.
\nScreening of the documentary film “Stories of South-Eastern Lithuania”, meeting with the authors of the film and a discussion on the importance of the state Lithuanian language in the development of civic and national consciousness. Mindaugas Vyskupaitis, Arvydas Juozaitis, Mindaugas Karalius and Jonas Genys will take part.
\n\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> In the conference room of the Castle Museum (Prie\u0161pilio g. 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>14.00 Concert of Klaip\u0117da young performers “OUR CHILDREN – PARENTS FOR LITHUANIA”.
\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> Klaip\u0117da Faculty of Music, LAMT, Concert Hall (K. Donelai\u010dio g. 4)<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udc49\"<\/span>17.00 Festive concert “I CELEBRATE AND SING LITHUANIA”.
Vaidas Baumila, Bjelle, Ieva Narkut\u0117, Mer\u016bnas Vitulskis, Vilnius Sinfonietta Orchestra and VMU Chamber Orchestra, Klaip\u0117da Fishermen’s Palace Mixed Choir Cantare and V\u0117lunga Folk Dance Ensemble will take part. Tickets: https:\/\/byt.lt\/MOKTK<\/a>
\"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> \u0160vyturias Arena (Dubysos g. 10)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 16th is the day when the voice of Lithuania rang out in the name of Freedom. With the belief that freedom is not a gift, but a choice that we make every day anew. Let us celebrate Lithuania the way we know best – by being together, as a living feeling in the chest. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[513,471,566],"mec_locations":[],"class_list":["post-42866","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-commemoration","mec_category-concerts","mec_category-culture"],"acf":[],"mec_location":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/42866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42866"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=42866"},{"taxonomy":"mec_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_locations?post=42866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}