As you wake this morning we celebrate with you your Independence by remembering January 13, 1991.  

From the BBC...

A sound truck moved through the city[Vilnius] telling residents that power was being assumed by the National Committee for Salvation, a group formed by the small pro-Soviet faction of the Lithuanian Communist Party, three days ago.

"Lithuanians, do not resist," the military said. "Your government has deceived you. Go home to your families and children."

Many of the Lithuanians refused to retreat under the attacks and sporadic gunfire continued for at least 90 minutes.

The television and radio stations, which broadcast throughout the republic, went off air after the assault.

Just before the radio station shut down, an announcer said: "We address all those who hear us. It is possible that (the army) can break us with force or close our mouths, but no one will make us renounce freedom and independence."

Stay free!

To Love. To be loved. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to never look away.  And never, never, to forget. ~ Arundhati Roy

~ From all of us at Project MBA and Harpeth Hall