On February 16. 1918. the people of Lithuania declared their freedom after nearly a century of occupation by the forces of Czarist Russia. This independence came to a tragic end 22 years later. in June 1940. when more than 300.000 Soviet troops marched into Lithuania under the protection of the NaziSoviet alliance. A puppet government was installed by Stalins forces and more than 30.000 Lithuanian patriots were deported to Siberian labor camps. Over the past 46 years. Lithuanian independence has lived in the hearts and the minds of the brave Lithuanian people and for those of us in free nations who sympathize with their dreams.
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