Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

Writer Markas Zingeris: for me as a child, Laisvės Avenue was both freedom and a promise.

Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): We would often play in Miesto Sodas.

Rimantas: “This photo of my daughter Edita is taken in 1963, when she was 3.5-years-old.

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Rūta: "In the spring, 1958 we said our goodbyes to Kaunas VI Secondary School.

Arkadijus Vinokuras (member of the "Company"): We were proud of Kaunas, and the situation of Lithuania hurt us, so a lot of us would carry a litas coin featuring Duke Vytautas from the Smetona times.

Gintaras Vitulskis: These pictures are from the 1930s: in one of them, there is a festive formation of yachtsmen (or maybe sea scouts) captured as seen from Aleksotas, and the other one with Aleksotas in the background. In 1932, the yacht club was established next to Aleksotas bridge in a building floating on a pontoon platform, the so called brandwacht.

When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Girėnas Sports Centre, the Hall and the Stadium.

Fruma: "My first childhood memories connected to Kaunas are very warm.

Solveiga Lukminaitė: My memories related to Laisvės alėja (Avenue) are only positive ones.

Neringa: Yesterday, while driving from Vilnius to Kaunas, I saw the “new” sign of the city of Kaunas and realized that the old sign was a really special place.

Solveiga Lukminaitė: My brightest memories are related to my favourite places in Kaunas, especially Kaunas yacht club.

Lolita: "Gimiau ir augau Kauko alėjoje (kai gimiau, ji tuo metu dar vadinosi S.

Robertas Antinis: Orbita was a superb club. It was special.

Tadas Ivanauskas High School

The ice rink in front of the State Institute of Physical Education was a favourite place for the youth of Žaliakalnis

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.

Kęstutis: „Augau Aleksote, S.

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