Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda looks over the first set of precious documents that will be going to regional museums in Lithuania. He's in the ALKA center. The Immaculate Conception Community in East Putnam kept Lithuania's culture,  history, dreams of the country being free again --- the essence of Lithuania --- safe.

Mirga Girnius, director of the Lithuanian Cultural Archive in Putnam (ALKA), left (sweater) and Eva Stonkeviciene, right, director of the National Museums in Lithuania, hold up the signed memorandum of cooperation, a donation protocol between the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in East Putnam and the Republic of Lithuania. Courtesy photos.