However. this occasion. unlike our Nations Independence Day. is marked by sadness and hope for a return to Inde. pendence for the people of Lithuania. Their enjoyment of a free society was abruptly ended by Soviet annexation that continues to this day. Thousands of Lithuanian citizens. men. women. and children alike. were murdered in that cowardly attack. countless others were deported to Siberia. Those atrocities. and more recent injustices committed by the Soviets against the population. have not succeeded in break. ing the spirit of freedom that remains a vital force in Lithuania. Instead. the desire for a return to freedom is alive.
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