Monument to Darius and Girėnas

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Two Lithuanian pilots, Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, were flying from New York to Kaunas in 1937. Unfortunatly they finished they challenge just 650 km from they destiny, because of storm.
This peace of land is officially Lithuania terrain and contain a massive stone monument were on 17 of July every year is a great Lithuanian-Polish memory fest in which participate the leaders of both countries.
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Coordinates:   52°51'8"N   14°50'33"E
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