February 16. marked the 50th anniversary of that day in 1918 when a council of 21 Lithuanian patriots declared their nations independence. Lithuania today lies still beneath the bootheels of Russian domination. The sad history of independent Lithuania is familiar to us all. The dream of Lithuanian sovereignty that rose from the ashes of World War I perished with the outbreak of World War II. In 1940. Lithuania was declared a "constituent republic" of the U.S.S.R.. and 45.000 of her citizens were executed or deported under Stalins orders. For the remainder of the war Lithuania was occupied and sacked by Russia. Nazi Germany. and finally by Russia again.
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