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Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas on the Lituanica before departing on their historic flight
12019-01-31T14:49:54-08:00the Slavic Reference Servicebe82ca4f62ca2bb2ee1fbe396f179dfd34f1d9c4312752Darius and Girėnas made the first Transatlantic flight from New York to Lithuania before crashing near their destination in Kaunas, their historic flight is commemorated on the "Lituanica" is commemorated with a monument in Chicago's Marquette Parkplain2019-02-01T16:38:14-08:00Lithuanian Research and Studies Center7/15/1933the Slavic Reference Servicebe82ca4f62ca2bb2ee1fbe396f179dfd34f1d9c4