February 21, 2016

Presidential Memento


Kaunas, Lithuania, July 7, 1928. The American Consul to Lithuania wrote, "At five o'clock, Lily and I called on Mrs. Smetona and played dice as usual, after having coffee. Lily bought a photograph of President Smetona a few days ago and she asked Mrs. Smetona to request the President to sign it. The adjutant went to his office and brought the picture back signed."

Thanks to the Consul's Granddaughter for making this photo available to us.

2 comments:

edutcher said...

The two women played dice?

Heaven forfend!

Irene said...

Yeah, we got a laugh out of that, too.l