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WHEREAS, the Cold War was an arduous struggle for freedom between the forces of freedom-loving nations, led by the United States, and the tyranny and brutality of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and WHEREAS, the Cold War began after World War II with the threat of world domination in Europe and Asia by the Soviet bloc; and WHEREAS, the Cold War was marked by periodic confrontations between West and East, including international crises such as the Berlin Airlift in 1948, the Korean War, 1950-1953, the-Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the Vietnam War, 1960-1975; and WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan foretold the victory of liberty over oppression in 1982 by declaring "the march of freedom and democracy ... will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history"; and WHEREAS, the end of the longest undeclared war in United States' history began in 1987, with President Reagan's prophetic demand, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"; and WHEREAS, President Reagan's resolve proved true, as the demise of Communism began with the fall of the Berlin Wall in November, 1989, and culminated with the collapse of the Soviet Union in December, 1991; and WHEREAS, the Cold War Veterans Association (CWVA), a federally recognized Veterans' Service Organization, has identified May 1st as the day to commemorate our victory, in the Cold War;
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