History
August 1, 2023
Darius & Girenas Memorial in Chicago’s Marquette Park Community
This Art Deco style monument honors two Lithuanian-American pilots who
died during an attempt to fly from New York to Lithuania in 1933. Captain Stephen
Darius and Lieutenant Stanley Girenas had begun planning their daring trans-
Atlantic adventure in the 1920s after returning from fighting for the United States
against Germany in World War I.
READ MORE
Latest Issues
About
PhotoNotes…
Photos with a neighborhood dimension stories from Chicago’s Marquette Park
community, Lithuanian-American heritage, faith, and civic life. read more.
joe@photonotes.com
PHONE
111-1313
PAST ISSUES
TOPICS
Marquette Park
Lithuanian
Faith
History
Community
Chicago
Nativity BVM
Neighborhood
Latest Issues
Faith & Community
June 11, 2023
Renew My Church… An Open Letter to Algis Baniulis, S.J, Mission Chaplain…
Devotion
September 9, 2019
Our Lady of Siluva — Lithuania’s First
Marian Apparition
Neighborhood
November 15, 2018
Marquette Park Residents Concerned As End Of Decades-Old Security Program Approaches
Community
January 21, 2019
Memorial for Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis, MIC
Neighborhood
November 15, 2018
Sunday, September 8th we celebrated Mary under her title of Our Lady who appeared in Siluva (Lithuania) at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish in Chicago’s Marquette Park community (from the Knights of Lithuania)…
Neighborhood
November 15, 2018
Support Nick…
About
PhotoNotes…
Photos with a neighborhood dimension stories from Chicago’s Marquette Park
community, Lithuanian-American heritage, faith, and civic life. read more.
joe@photonotes.com
PHONE
111-1313