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Her efforts will long be remembered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to help support the newly upgraded museum and its interpretive mission in memory of Lilita. To help sustain the museum\u2019s educational goals and reach out to broader audiences:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please send a check written to \u201cAmerican Latvian Association\u201d to ALA, 400 Hurley Ave, Rockville, MD 20850, and in the memo section, note that it is for \u201cMuseum \/ In memory of Lilita Bergs\u201d, or<\/li>\n<li>Donate electronically with a credit or debit card on the ALA website: <a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/participate\/donate-to-ala\/\">https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/participate\/donate-to-ala\/<\/a> (as the purpose of donation, choose In Memory and type \u201cMuseum \/ In memory of Lilita Bergs\u201d).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6000,"template":"","category":[29],"class_list":["post-6001","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donations to the Latvian Museum in Memory of Lilita Bergs - American Latvian Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/aktualitates\/donations-to-the-latvian-museum-in-memory-of-lilita-bergs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Donations to the Latvian Museum in Memory of Lilita Bergs - American Latvian Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With deep respect and gratitude, the American Latvian Association commemorates Lilita Bergs, the late director of the ALA Latvian Museum (born on February 15, 1941, in Liep\u0101ja, Latvia, died on August 26, 2022, in Rockville, Maryland). 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