On Freedom Defenders Day, in front of the Seimas Palace, on Independence Square, the Freedom Defenders Day commemoration takes place and in 2021. Freedom Award Ceremony. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to hold the main event of the Defenders of Freedom Day in an open space, in compliance with all safety measures.
In the commemoration, which began with the ceremony of raising the State flag, the President of the Republic spoke Gitanas Nauseda, Speaker of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte.
In 2021, the Independence Square was also awarded. Freedom prize to the editor-in-chief of the underground press publication "Lietuvos Katalikų Bažnyčios Kronika" from 1983 to 1989, the bishop emeritus of Telšiai Jonas Borutas, the co-workers of the publication Bernadeta Mališkaitė and Elena Šiuliauskaita.
