TY - EJOUR AU - Marianna Auliciema AU - Nicolas Flessa T1 - A Latvian Valiant T2 - Copernico. Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe im östlichen Europa PY - 2025/12/15 UR - https://www.copernico.eu/en/link/6912ebda0a6159.70217266 DA - 2026/02/09 PB - Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung - Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft LA - en AB - In 2018, Juris Bļodnieks donated a 1971 Plymouth Valiant to the Latvians Abroad Museum – it was spray-painted, inoperable and had been parked under a tarpaulin for two decades. The car tells the story of Latvian exile culture in North America, of protest, patriotism and the creative expressiveness of the second generation abroad. KW - Latvia KW - Rīga KW - New York City KW - United States of America KW - Soviet Union KW - Auseklis star (symbol) KW - Santiago Bernabéu Stadium KW - Flag KW - Folklore (cultural heritage) KW - Demonstration (political event) KW - Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Madrid, 1980–1983) KW - Plymouth Valiant KW - World War II DO - https://doi.org/10.25355/p6jx-gg50 L1 - https://www.copernico.eu/en/doi/6912ebda0a6159.70217266 ER -