Lithuanian Americans. Lithuanian chapel pole, Chicago, Illinois.

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-6, chapel pole in front of Lithuanian American co-op apartment complex for senior citizens at 66th and S. Carolina, flanked by American and Lithuanian flags; the senior citizens who live there are cared for by Dr. Jonas Adomavicius who also administers the housing complex; the place is called "Sodyba" meaning homestead, and articles about the residents and their photographs appear regularly in the Lithuanian American press; on Sunday afternoon they have an open house in a large gathering room and the residents perform for guests; the chapel pole in the middle of the complex is made from metal and was designed by architect Jonas Mulokas, who also designed the Lithuanian parish church (Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary on Washtenaw and 69th Streets); the rounded flower bed is quite common in traditional Lithuanian landscaping.