They joined the League of Nations and became respected members of the world community. But this brief moment of freedom ended with the invasion of Soviet troops across their frontiers. On each June 15. people of Estonian. Lithuanian. and Latvian descent all over the free world commemorate the sad events of June 1940 and 1941. In joint meetings and religious services for the deportation victims. they express publicly what their oppressed countrymen can only feel in their hearts. They renew their dedication to a free Estonia. a free Latvia. and a free Lithuania. and pledge to continue their struggle toward that goal. The United States has continued to stand by these people.
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