Mr. Speaker. to most Americans. February 16 may be just another day. February 16 has a special connotation. though. for those naturalized Americans from Lithuania or those of Lithuanian descent who settled in the United States. They remember this day with hopethe hope that their native land may once more be free from Communist tyranny and subjugation. In 1918. the Lithuanian people. recalling their glorious past when their state had been a great and enlightened empire. had sought to sever the chains of slavery binding them to czarist Russia. World War I was the impetus which gave the Lithuanians the opportunity to strike for liberty and their declaration of independence on February 16. 1918. ended several centuries of Russian domination.
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