Rallies in honor of Lithuania's independence (1990-1991)

Children light candles at stone cenotaph crosses.

A stone with a memorial inscription, "1989.02.16," is carried on a stretcher.

A view of part of the demonstration with Lithuanian national flags along a street in Old Kaunas (from above).

Burning candles left at the stone crosses.

Flowers on the memorial stone, children standing around the stone continue to lay flowers, a panorama of the granite slab and a funeral wreath.

Children's faces, flowers on the memorial stone.

A panorama of stone crosses with burning candles and events in the park in honor of those who died for Lithuania's independence.

Sąjūdis activists cordon off the area, stone crosses with lit candles on the lawn.

The Statue of Liberty in Kaunas.

Rally participants with the national flags of Lithuania and Latvia sing the Lithuanian national anthem (panorama).

The face of Cardinal Sladkevicius, Archbishop of Kaunas, participating in an event along with other Catholic priests.

Children and teenagers stand with lit candles (panorama).

Panorama of the park with stone crosses; event participants light candles at the crosses.

Rally at the Statue of Liberty, rally participants with Lithuanian national flags (panorama).

Faces of rally participants performing the Lithuanian national anthem, a conductor in front of the choir on a wooden platform.

Faces of rally participants with the national flags of Latvia and Lithuania (panorama).

Faces of rally participants performing the anthem.

Rally participants with Lithuanian national flags.

Panorama and views of the rally (from above).

An orchestra marching at the head of a ceremonial procession in Kaunas.

Faces of event participants (panorama).

A girl in a national Lithuanian costume at the foot of the Statue of Liberty, flowers at the pedestal, a panorama upward, a banner of the colors of the Lithuanian national flag on the pedestal.

Cardinal Sladkevicius, accompanied by clergy, approaches the microphone, a panorama on the TV, and photographers filming. A. Brazauskas, holding a bouquet of flowers, is among the rally participants.

The faces of teenagers holding three burning candles.

The faces of the event participants (panorama).

A rally outside the city, activists carry Latvian and Lithuanian national flags.

People walk to the rally.

A nighttime celebratory fireworks display, the faces of the rally participants (panorama).