Today. many maps do not show even the vestiges of this small but important nation because its freedom lasted but 22 years. In 1940. the Lithuanian borders were overrun by the military forces of the Soviet Union and. along with Estonia and Latvia. its people and lands were forcibly annexed. Many naturalized American citizens fled the Soviet invasion of the Baltic States. They. and their children. still have friends and relatives who are now living under Soviet domination. They remain proud of their heritage and they harbor a determined and fervent hope that freedom will one day return to their homelands.
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