Gediminas Varvuolis Ambassador of Lithuania Grave of Antanas Smetona All Soul's Cemetery June 10, 2026
Gediminas Varvuolis, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States of America, visited many businesses and organization during his visit to Cleveland. He visited and paid his respects at the final resting places of Antanas Smetona and his wife at All Soul's Cemetery in Chardon, just east of Cleveland.
Antanas Smetona was the first president of Lithuania and a central figure in the country's national revival and interwar politics.
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Here is a video of Ambassador Varvuolis paying his respects and speaking about Antanas Smetona.
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