Oh my God! I can't believe I missed Afghanistan Day!
It was on March 21, and I had all these plans to celebrate the heroes of Afghanistan like Osama Bin Laden who so boldly fought against the cruel Soviet control in their eternal quest for freedom. It brings a tear to my eye.
Here's the original proclamation, but I think Reagan's own words say it best:
The Afghan people have defied the Soviet Union and have resisted with a vigor that has few parallels in modern history. The Afghan people have paid a terrible price in their fight for freedom. Their villages and homes have been destroyed; they have been murdered by bullets, bombs and chemical weapons. One-fifth of the Afghan people have been driven into exile. Yet their fight goes on.
. . . It is therefore altogether fitting that the European Parliament, the Congress of the United States and parliaments elsewhere in the world have designated March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day, to commemorate the valor of the Afghan people and to condemn the continuing Soviet invasion of their country. Afghanistan Day will serve to recall not only these events, but also the principles involved when a people struggles for the freedom to determine its own future, the right to be free of foreign interference and the right to practice religion according to the dictates of conscience.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day.
We salute you, brave fighters of Afghanistan. May the friendship we maintained in those days as we fought a common enemy remain through all time.
I'm sorry, I always just get a little choked up on Afghanistan Day.
It was on March 21, and I had all these plans to celebrate the heroes of Afghanistan like Osama Bin Laden who so boldly fought against the cruel Soviet control in their eternal quest for freedom. It brings a tear to my eye.
Here's the original proclamation, but I think Reagan's own words say it best:
The Afghan people have defied the Soviet Union and have resisted with a vigor that has few parallels in modern history. The Afghan people have paid a terrible price in their fight for freedom. Their villages and homes have been destroyed; they have been murdered by bullets, bombs and chemical weapons. One-fifth of the Afghan people have been driven into exile. Yet their fight goes on.
. . . It is therefore altogether fitting that the European Parliament, the Congress of the United States and parliaments elsewhere in the world have designated March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day, to commemorate the valor of the Afghan people and to condemn the continuing Soviet invasion of their country. Afghanistan Day will serve to recall not only these events, but also the principles involved when a people struggles for the freedom to determine its own future, the right to be free of foreign interference and the right to practice religion according to the dictates of conscience.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate March 21, 1982, as Afghanistan Day.
We salute you, brave fighters of Afghanistan. May the friendship we maintained in those days as we fought a common enemy remain through all time.
I'm sorry, I always just get a little choked up on Afghanistan Day.
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