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Established in 1911, it is the resting place of many prominent Lithuanians in politics, culture, and science.History[edit]As the Lithuanian immigration to the United States increased, Lithuanians in Chicago established the Catholic cemetery of Saint Casimir in 1903. However, this cemetery would accept only Catholics for burials. The cemetery was controlled by Matas Kriau\u010di\u016bnas, priest of St. George parish, who was suspected of embezzling parish’s funds.[2] The growing number of Lithuanian intellectuals felt the need for a non-religious Lithuanian cemetery. The idea was met with approval in February 1911 and the new cemetery was organized on 28 March 1911. The founding members were 21 different Lithuanian societies and organizations.[2] The organizers purchased 21 acres (8.5\u00a0ha) of land. The purchase price of $10,000 (equivalent to $290,821 in 2021) was divided into bonds of $50 or $100 that were sold to Lithuanian organizations. The bonds paid 3% interest and were redeemed by 1921.[3] The cemetery was officially opened on 30 May 1912 (the Memorial Day). The first burial was a two-year-old child reinterred from the Saint Casimir Cemetery.[4] The cemetery was blessed by Stasys Mickevi\u010dius, founder of the Lithuanian National Catholic Church (who is buried at the cemetery). The cemetery was and still is open to all regardless of religious or political convictions.[3] In 1934, the cemetery purchased additional 40 acres. In 1937, the cemetery added an office building (in the Art Deco style)[5] and a columbarium for cremated remains.[4]The cemetery has a monument to Vincas Kudirka (he is not buried there). A traditional Lithuanian wayside shrine made of steel 18 feet (5.5\u00a0m) in height was erected in 1995 to commemorate Soviet deportations from Lithuania in 1941\u20131952.[6] Many of the headstones, particularly of those emigrants who were forced to leave due to the Soviet occupation, bear Lithuanian symbols \u2013 traditional wayside shrines and crosses, folk sashes, kankl\u0117s, Lithuanian coat of arms, Columns of Gediminas, Tower of Gediminas, etc.[7] After Lithuania regained independence in 1990, some of the remains were returned to Lithuania.[4] It remains the only Lithuanian cemetery in Chicago as the St. Casimir Cemetery officially dropped “Lithuanian” from its name in 1997.[8]Notable burials[edit]Juozas Adomaitis-\u0160ernas (1859\u20131922), newspaper editor[2]Kipras Bielinis (1883\u20131965), Lithuanian politician (reburied at the Petra\u0161i\u016bnai Cemetery in 1996)[9]Vaclovas Bir\u017ei\u0161ka (1884\u20131956), Lithuanian bibliographer[2]Viktoras Bir\u017ei\u0161ka (1886\u20131964), Lithuanian mathematician[2]Kazys Bobelis (1923\u20132013), Lithuanian surgeon and anti-Soviet activist[10]Jonas Budrys (1889\u20131964), Lithuanian intelligence officer, commander of the Klaip\u0117da Revolt, consul in New York[11]Pijus Grigaitis\u00a0[lt] (1883\u20131969), long-term editor of Naujienos[4]Kazys Grinius (1866\u20131950), President of Lithuania (reburied at his birthplace in 1994)[12]Vladas Jakub\u0117nas (1904\u20131976), Lithuanian composer[2]Steponas Kairys (1879\u20131964), signatory of the Act of Independence of Lithuania (reburied at the Petra\u0161i\u016bnai Cemetery in 1996)[9]Marius Katili\u0161kis (1914\u20131980), Lithuanian writer[2]Rapolas Skipitis (1887\u20131976), Lithuanian Minister of the Interior[13]Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas (1861\u20131944), Lithuanian activist (cremated in Germany; urn with ashes buried at the cemetery in 1948)[6][14]Maurice Tillet known as The French Angel (1903\u20131954), French professional wrestler, buried in the same grave as his Lithuanian friend Karl Pojello (1893\u20131954)[15]Adomas Varnas (1879\u20131979), Lithuanian painter[2]References[edit]^ Batutis, Motiejus; Daukus, Aldona; Lazauskas, Gro\u017evydas (1986). Lithuanian National Cemetery. Lietuvi\u0173 tautin\u0117s kapin\u0117s 1911\u20131986 (PDF). p.\u00a06.^ a b c d e f g h i Kusta, Algis (23 October 2015). “Kur santaikoje ilsisi Amerikos lietuviai”. Kitu kampu (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos \u017eurnalist\u0173 s\u0105junga. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ a b Reneckis, Arvydas (2011). Lietuvi\u0173 tautin\u0117s kapin\u0117s. Lithuanian National Cemetery 1911\u20132011 (PDF). Lietuvi\u0173 tautin\u0117s kapin\u0117s. Lithuanian National Cemetery. pp.\u00a019, 34\u201335.^ a b c d Tara\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, R\u016bta (31 May 2019). “Lietuvi\u0173 tautini\u0173 kapini\u0173 praeitis ir \u0161iandiena” (in Lithuanian). \u010cikagos aidas. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ McCarthy, Jack (5 January 2011). “Justice: It’s the living end. Tiny suburb is home to 4 cemeteries and more than 200,000 people, the vast majority of them dead”. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ a b Girininkien\u0117, Vida (29 October 2011). “Kur guli lietuviai, “ie\u0161koj\u0119 \u0161viesos ir gerov\u0117s”“ (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos \u017einios. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ Urbonien\u0117, Skaidr\u0117 (2013). “Lietuvi\u0161kas kry\u017eius i\u0161eivijoje JAV: memorialinis paminklas, interjero atributas, dekoro elementas”. Menotyra. 1 (20): 62\u201363. ISSN\u00a01392-1002.^ Reenan, Antanas J. Van (Summer 1998). “The Lithuanian Cemetery and the Archdiocese of Chicago: A Documented Clash Between the Universal and the Particular”. Lituanus. 2 (44). ISSN\u00a00024-5089.^ a b Ilg\u016bnas, Gediminas (2002). Steponas Kairys (in Lithuanian). Vaga. pp.\u00a0410\u2013412. ISBN\u00a05415016643.^ “Kazys Bobelis” (in Lithuanian). Draugas. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ “Lietuvi\u0173 tautin\u0117se kapin\u0117se \u010cikagoje \u2013 u\u017emir\u0161tas i\u0161kilaus diplomato kapas” (in Lithuanian). Vakar\u0173 ekspresas. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ “Lietuva buvo ir bus” (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos prezidento K. Griniaus memorialinis muziejus. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2019.^ Tamo\u0161aitis, Mindaugas (2016). “Skipitis Rapolas”.  In Tamo\u0161aitis, Mindaugas; Bitautas, Algis; Svarauskas, Art\u016bras (eds.). Lietuvos Respublikos 1918\u20131940 m. vyriausybi\u0173 ministr\u0173 biografinis \u017eodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedij\u0173 leidybos centras. p.\u00a0359. ISBN\u00a0978-5420017784.^ Jak\u0161tas, Juozas (1979). Dr. Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas (in Lithuanian). Chicago: Akademin\u0117s skautijos leidykla. p.\u00a0281. OCLC\u00a05223546.^ Latour, Thomas (13 October 2017). “Karolis Po\u017e\u0117la Proper Gentleman and Champion of the Mat”. Draugas. Retrieved 14 July 2019.  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