Professor R. J. Rummel of Democratic Peace brings us the story of a worthy cause.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation link here is working its way through the red tape required to get design approval for its Memorial site at Massachusetts Ave., N.W. and New Jersey Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. The cost of the memorial will be about $700,000, of which the Foundation has raised $350,000 so far.
It is across from Georgetown University Law Center and will have a clear view of the U.S. Capitol. The most important part of the memorial is 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. Radiating from the stature are ten charcoal black radians, each representing 10 million victims of communism. One inscription will read: "To the more than one hundred million victims of communism and to those who love liberty."
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