Because we ourselves are free. we have a compelling moral obligation to our brothers trapped behind the Iron Curtain. It seems to me that this obligation lies particularly heavily on our own country. for as a leader in the free world. the United States must help to keep the light of liberty burning brightly in order to remind those who look to the West for inspiration that they are not forgotten. Twentyseven years have passed since the Baltic States were overrun by the Communists and thousands of these innocent people were inhumanly exiled. deported. and murdered. The sad fate and memory of these victims are very much alive today. and on the observance of Baltic States Freedom Day we pay due tribute to their blessed memory. while praying for the freedom of the Baltic peoples from Communist totalitarian tyranny. Today. on the 27th anniversary of Baltic States Freedom Day. it is particularly fitting that we remember the courageous Estonians.
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