This is a day of sorrow and reflection for Lithuanian Americans. and Lithuanians throughout the world. A day when we pause to consider their forcible annexation into the Soviet Union. and their continuous struggles to reject this oppressive Communist system at a cost of 50.000 Lithuanian lives. Onesixth of their people were deported from their native land to Russia and Siberia in an effort to depopulate the Lithuanian nation. This is the equivalent of eliminating all the people from 30 of Americas largest cities. As the United States stands on the threshold of the most promising era of peace in a decade. we should remember that the Baltic peoples continue to sacrifice their lives in their struggle to attain freedom and the right of national selfdetermination.
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