Of all the evils that manifested themselves in the Twentieth Century, the evil of Communism is clearly the most insidious.

Even today, this malignant ideology is supported and defended by those who have always lived in freedom. They deny the relaity that was lived and which is testified to by the millions who survived the brutal Communist regimes that oppressed (and which still oppress) billions. Such defenders of Communism are no better than the Holocaust denying stooges who seek to explain away the gas chambers and crematoria of the Nazi death camps.

Such defenses of this ongoing manifestation of oppression must be countered, lest today's generation be fooled and future generations forget the horrors committed by the various manifestations of Communism.

Red State and Chequer-Board (Pejman's new home) are both offering suport to the building of The Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, DC. I wholeheartedly join in their endorsement of this project, and encourage donations to The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Under Public Law 103-199, our Foundation is authorized to design, construct and maintain an international Memorial to the more than 100 million victims of communism. In April 2005, the National Capital Planning Commission formally approved a site for our Memorial at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and G Street, N.W. It is across from the Georgetown University Law Center and only two blocks from Union Station and the Metro.

In October 2005, the National Capital Planning Commission gave preliminary approval to our design--a 10-foot bronze replica of the "Democracy" statue erected by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and based on our own Statue of Liberty. We will receive final approval at the November NCPC meeting.

Our next step is to raise all the funds needed to build and maintain the Memorial--approximately $700,000. We have raised two-thirds of this amount. We have received challenge grants of $125,000, meaning we need to raise $125,000 from supporters like you.

We rightly remember the millions who died at the hands of the Hitler and the Nazis. Do what you are able to commemorate those who suffered and died from Communism.

Posted by: Greg at 12:13 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 366 words, total size 3 kb.