February 16. 1918. is the date on which the Lithuanian Declaration of Independence was signed in Vilnius. This observance calls the worlds attention to the Baltic States. Estonia and Latvia along with Lithuania. which have been occupied. oppressed and exploited since 1940 by a foreign power. Confiscation of home and land. suppression of speech and press. bans against assembly and demonstration. and deportation or murder of families. have characterized the last 30 years of living in Lithuania. It is at these times that the groups who roam America with an avowal to destroy our system serve one useful purpose. They call attention to the freedoms of America that permit their behavior.
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