The society published books and two magazines – monthly Apšvieta (Enlightenment, 1892–1893) and weekly Nauja gadynė (The New Era, 1894–1896).
[2] It was replaced by the Association of Lithuanian Patriots (Tėvynės mylėtojų draugija) established by Tamošius Astramskas and active until at least 1970s.
[5] LMD organized various events – monthly meetings, lectures (for example, about historian Simonas Daukantas, bishop Motiejus Valančius, linguist Georg Sauerwein, philosopher Voltaire;[2] Šliūpas held 31 two-hour lectures on earth and universe, geography, biology, evolution in 1889–1890),[6] protests against Russian Tsarist repressions in Lithuania in 1891 (three events held in May in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Pittston)[5] and 1894 (in response to the Kražiai massacre).
[5] However, as the society spread anti-religious and freethinking ideas, it drew strong opposition from Catholic priests and activists.
[1] It was published monthly (in total, 15 issues) by Otto von Mauderode in Tilsit and Martynas Jankus in Bitėnai.
[4] Its content was varied – Lithuanian topics, biographies, popular science, free thinking, criticism of religion, book reviews.
[1] Nauja gadynė was published weekly (in total, 89 issues) and it was clearly a socialist publication that promoted proletarian internationalism instead of Lithuanian nationalism.