In 1989, we were still only taking steps toward independence, but Stasys Arnašius, a journalist who visited Valdas Adamkus in Chicago, reported that television viewers would like to see the successful Lithuanian-American in the presidential office. This wish was destined to come true—on the chilly day of February 26, 1998, V. Adamkus was sworn in as the second president of the restored independent Lithuania.
Source: LRT
