Lee Edwards, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has a good piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune- Review on the current fundraising and future construction of a memorial in Washington D.C. to the victims of communism during the Cold War. Edwards also notes that the statue is also dedicated to the people of Cuba, China, and North Korea who are tolling under the jackboot of communism each and every day that these regimes stay in existence. I for one am glad that someone has finally decided to erect a monument to those who have suffered or are suffering from the evil menace of Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Mao. Thankfully Lee Edwards is in charge of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation so conservative folks like me know that the memorial won't be an eyesore but will truly be a dignified tribute to the 100 million who have died at their communist masters. Here's a what Edwards wrote about the memorial that will go in a small corner of Capital Hill some two blocks from Union Station:
Our memorial will feature a 10-foot-high bronze replica of the statue of Democracy, erected by pro-democracy students in Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989 and then destroyed by Chinese Communist tanks.
On the front pedestal of the Democracy statue, modeled after our own Statue of Liberty, will be inscribed the words: "To the more than one hundred million victims of communism and to those who love liberty."
On the back pedestal will be the words, "To the freedom and independence of all captive nations and peoples." These words will remind visitors that a fifth of the world's population still lives under communism, a sad fact too often forgotten, especially by Americans.
So if anybody wants to honor the memory of the 100 million victims of communism just pay a visit to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and plop down a donation to get this fitting memorial built. As Michael Ledeen says, faster please!!!
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