Fortytwo years ago the Lithuanian people. who had been under Russian domination for more than a century. cast off the yoke of foreign control and began the hard but satisfying work of building an independent republic. The attainment of independence by Lithuania was heartily welcomed by the United States. Selfdetermination for all peoples was a right advocated by American statesmen. Our population had been enriched by thousands of immigrants from Lithuania. some of whom had come to this country as early as 1688. LithuanianAmericans had helped to promote the cause of independence for their former homeland. For all these reasons. the United States shared in the joy of Lithuania on its achievement of independence.
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