Homiel. Cervien. and the Barysau districts. Despite the purges of 192930. 1933. and 1937 and the mass deportations during 1939 and the 1950s. and despite the mass murders and the starvation programs of 194648. the Communists have failed to suppress. let alone exterminate. the spiritual and moral resolve for establishing freedom in Byelorussia. on the contrary. the will of all Byelorussians has been strengthened in their desire for achieving independence. Byelorussian Independence Day. March 25th. 1918. is commemorated by all ByelorussIans wherever they liveby the ByelorussianAmerican community. by the emigrants throughout the free world. and by the members of the Byelorussian underground in the BSSR. To these and to all other freedomloving people. March 25th. 1918 symbolizes the unquenched spirit of the Byelorussian people.
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