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Write Your Congressional Representative to express concern and outrage
over the dedication of the bust of Josef Stalin at the D-day Memorial!
Background from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA):
The UCCA expressed its outrage back in December 2009, upon hearing the plans to install a
bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. (A copy
of the letter can be found on the UCCA Website at www.ucca.org ) However, despite protests
from the UCCA, various ethnic organizations and veterans, the National D-Day Memorial
Foundation went ahead with plans to place a bust at the memorial, just in time for the 66th
anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy.
The bust of the Soviet Union's wartime leader was unveiled on June 6, 2010 to accompany
existing busts of U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman as well as British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The UCCA finds it incomprehensible that the Foundation
could convince itself that a bust of an enemy of democracy and one of the worst dictators in
history should be given a place of honor – at the D-Day memorial. To have a bust of Stalin at
this memorial is a slap in the face to the countless victims of Soviet oppression and an affront
to those who risked their lives to defend the United States and the world from the ravages of
murderous dictators like Stalin.
Requested Response:
The UCCA is therefore asking its members and friends to contact their respective members of
Congress to express your outrage and urge the bust’s removal from the National D-Day
Memorial. For your convenience. Here you will find a sample letter to your Congressional
Representative.
Your letter may be sent electronically by logging on to:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Should you require additional information, please contact the UCCA by phone at (212) 228-
6840 or by email at ucca@ucca.org
over the dedication of the bust of Josef Stalin at the D-day Memorial!
Background from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA):
The UCCA expressed its outrage back in December 2009, upon hearing the plans to install a
bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. (A copy
of the letter can be found on the UCCA Website at www.ucca.org ) However, despite protests
from the UCCA, various ethnic organizations and veterans, the National D-Day Memorial
Foundation went ahead with plans to place a bust at the memorial, just in time for the 66th
anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy.
The bust of the Soviet Union's wartime leader was unveiled on June 6, 2010 to accompany
existing busts of U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman as well as British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The UCCA finds it incomprehensible that the Foundation
could convince itself that a bust of an enemy of democracy and one of the worst dictators in
history should be given a place of honor – at the D-Day memorial. To have a bust of Stalin at
this memorial is a slap in the face to the countless victims of Soviet oppression and an affront
to those who risked their lives to defend the United States and the world from the ravages of
murderous dictators like Stalin.
Requested Response:
The UCCA is therefore asking its members and friends to contact their respective members of
Congress to express your outrage and urge the bust’s removal from the National D-Day
Memorial. For your convenience. Here you will find a sample letter to your Congressional
Representative.
Your letter may be sent electronically by logging on to:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Should you require additional information, please contact the UCCA by phone at (212) 228-
6840 or by email at ucca@ucca.org