It is read not only in the United States, but in Canada, South America, Australia, and Europe as well.

Draugas is the oldest continuously published Lithuanian language newspaper anywhere in the world.

[1] Founded as a weekly Roman Catholic paper, Draugas published its first edition on July 12, 1909, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania up to now, the newspaper was and still remains the backbone of the Lithuanian diaspora.

Currently, Draugas is published by the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society in Chicago, Illinois.

In November 2014, the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society assumed publication of a bimonthly glossy magazine, titled Lithuanian Heritage, previously published by Baltech, Inc., a company owned by Valentinas Ramonis.