Unfortunately. for the last 14 years this day has been celebrated under different circumstances and in a different atmosphere than all of us would have liked to see. While here in the United States 1 million Americans of Lithuanian descent are able to cherish and enjoy the liberties. the freedom and the rights of mankind offered to them by our laws and our way of life. there. in the country of their forefathers for the past 14 years. the brutal Soviet might has been keeping its grip on some 3 million people. These have been 14 years of slavery. privation. deportations. and fear of tortures inflicted by the MVD. To those who live there and have experienced it. these 14 years seemed like ages. Last year on this very day of the anniversary of Lithuanias independence.
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