Izlasīju Lāsmas Gaitnieces rakstus par pilotes Valdas Ošs traģisko dzīvi - no bēgļu gaitām līdz Austrālijai, kur bija jācīnās pret diskrimināciju aviacijā. Latviski - “Kas Jauns” (https://t.co/boYUsjMZOw); angliski - jāsameklē laikraksta “Laiks” 29. jūlija numuru.
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After years of on-and-off research, I am putting a cap on a project to find the stories of the 72 members of the Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Youth Society shown on a 1916 postcard. The results: https://t.co/B88cASnytH. More on the project: https://t.co/i0hOj1iek4.
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1920. gadā Filadelfijas latviešu palīdzības biedrības delegācija apmeklēja Brīvības zvanu un pēc tam izdeva šo pastkarti, lūdzot no ASV valdības Latvijas atzīšanu de iure.
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Artura M. Virsnieka (1936-1994) dokumentālā filma "Svešās zemēs" nacionāli patriotiskā garā stāsta par trimdu ASV un Kanādā 1950-os un 60-os gados. Skatāma @LNarhivs krātuvē: https://t.co/avN8sHWJHo. Vairāk par filmu 1968. g. "Laiks" rakstā: https://t.co/rEZmQbH8K1.
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From 1992-2022, a total of 15,517 immigrants from Latvia were granted Green Cards for permanent residence in the United States. (Updated a chart.)
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Latvian immigrant Henrique Berzin with his home and family in the Jorge Tibiriçá colony near Corumbataí, Brazil. Undated photo from the São Paulo State Immigration Museum (Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo, @museu_imigracao).
https://t.co/elvkwQ37i0
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Jack Cooper was one of three immigrants from Latvia who volunteered for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. The others listed in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (@LincolnBrigade) are Elias Begelman and Hans Gutman.
https://t.co/HALzwYngHt
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A valuable tool showing the places and names of people deported by the Soviets in the 1941 and 1949 deportations. The maps are an important historical record, while also showing the horrific and extensive scope of these atrocities.
Here in the Āgenskalns neighborhood of Rīga, I didn't need a TV or radio to know how the Latvia-U.S. bronze medal hockey game was going. Shouts of joy from a gathering nearby plus the kids across the street chanting "Lat-vi-ja!" told the story. 🇱🇻
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Pasaulē ir daudz vietu ar Rīgas nosaukumu, liecina vietvārdu projekts "https://t.co/6FD35lUCwf", ko vācu pētnieki publicēja decembrī. Vietvārdu meklētājs arī palīdz uzzināt kā šodien sauc Goldingen, Rositten, Schwaneburg utt. Sīkāk: https://t.co/uuG88wpVgq.
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