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Victims of Communism Memorial, Washington, DC

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Victims of Communism Memorial

A Washington, D.C. statue honoring the many millions of people killed under communist regimes.

Intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, and G Street NW, Washington, DC · Washington, DC

About Victims of Communism Memorial

The Victims of Communism Memorial is a statue in downtown Washington, D.C., near Union Station and within sight of the U.S. Capitol. Congress authorized it in 1993 through a law that created the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. The memorial was dedicated in June 2007 on the twentieth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's Berlin Wall speech. Its pedestals carry inscriptions remembering the victims and calling for the freedom of captive nations and peoples.

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