On that day In 1918 Lithuania proclaimed itself an Independent Republic. freed of the heel of the Russian conqueror which had dominated her shnce 1795. May we all join with the 1 million Americans of Lithuanian descent In commemorating this day. Around the world many others in the free world will stand and join such a commemoration. but many of them will be refugees. For within the brave little country of Lithuania itself. there will be no open celebration of this day. Friends of liberty. and refugees. and relatives of those left behind must celebrate for those Lithuanians now in darkness. once again beneath the boot of Russian aggression. In 1940. the Soviet Union crushed the light of liberty within the Republic of Lithuania. and went on in the coming years to crush it again and again. in Poland. in Rumania. in Bulgaria. in Hungary. in Czechoslovakia. and in eastern Germany. Swallowed along with Lithuania were her little neighbors.
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