Little Lithuania, USA
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 49.239 W 076° 12.074
18T E 398699 N 4519542
A center for Lithuanian settlement since the late 1800s, Schuylkill County's population has the greatest concentration of Lithuanian ancestry in the US.
Waymark Code: WM12GDQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2020
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Little Lithuania, USA-A center for Lithuanian settlement since the late 1800s, Schuylkill County's population has the greatest concentration of Lithuanian ancestry in the US. The coal industry drew many of these immigrants. The local Knights of Lithuania, among the nation's oldest chapters, celebrates and preserves its ethnic heritage. Rev. Andrius Stupinskas who led one of the first Lithuanian American Catholic congregations (1872) is buried in St. George cemetery.
Marker Name: Little Lithuania, USA
County: Schuylkill
Date Dedicated: 08/10/2013
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 5 N Main St. (at bank), Shenandoah
Category: Coal, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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