It's Been a While... (Pictures)

It's been a while since my last post seeing as I had a really busy week last week with my exams and what not.  But at this moment I'm doing my preliminary background research on my topic and will hopefully be posting some information on the blog later tonight.  But for right now, I'm just posting some pictures so that hopefully not only I will get a better idea of what my topic involves, but what everyone else will think.

This is a photo of the actual stockyards in Chicago.  It shows the magnitude of the meat packing industry in Chicago.

This photo shows an inspector going through the meat.

This photo shows men actually working and splitting the backbone.  

This photo shows an inspection area.

This painting shows the gruesome reality of working in the stockyards.

This photo shows men and women working together packing the different meats into sausages.

This photo shows Lithuanians in St. Michael's Parish.  This photo was taken sometime in the 1900s.  The sign translates to, "Our homeland has been destroyed, but we can still revive Lithuania.  Those who are alive, LET US HELP LITHUANIA!"

This sign is referring to when Russia invaded Lithuania from 1795 to 1918 and a community of Lithuanians got together and protested the fact that Russia took over Lithuania for no reason besides personal gain.

Lithuania gained its independence from Russia on February 16, 1918 when Lithuanian leaders signed the Act of Independence.