It is instead. a day of hopea day in which we take cognizance of and salute an extremely proud. selfreliant people who have maintained a national identity in the face of the most terrible oppression. This then is the significance of February 24the honoring of a people who maintain a constant. categorical. inner resistance to absorption by an alien culture. Attempts at Russification. attempts at deportation and decimation have been and continue to be of no availfor the Estonian culture and faith in eventual freedom and independence lives on. I join Senators in greeting Estonians the world over. May I say that their culture is highly respected by us. indeed through Estonian immigration to the United States we have benefited directly and richly. May I also say that their faith in eventual freedom is shared by us. Eventual freedom and independence will come to this valiant people. and at that time the anniversary of Estonias proclamation of independence will truly be a day of happiness.
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