A human chain that stretched 690 kilometers. The ‘The Baltic Way’ protest was a manifestation of their yearning for independence during.
The time of their occupation and annexation by the USSR. However, historians are mindful of other prejudices. As Covart notes, “History is never neutral,”
“In addition to having our questions about the past informed by our present-day lives and circumstances, people also use the past for political purposes.”
Using the American Revolution as an example, she explains how certain historians portrayed the country as being more cohesive than it really was.
