we? we are at the victims of communism museum in washington, d.c. on mcpherson square. and how did this museum come about? it came about because of a 30 year dream and organization called the of communism memorial foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. and then it was this one will amuse you. it was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. and then into law by president bill clinton. and the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. these would be the victims that it created. this grand holocaust that so many people didn t know about. and america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. during world war two of the , others. but people didn t understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. and so that s the initial impetus. but this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and there s there s a memori
simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil. steve: i remember that. ainsley: fox & friends weekend co-host rachel campos-duffy is live at the victims of communism museum in washington, d.c. hey, rachel. good morning. so great to see you both. i tell you, i hear at the victims of communism memorial museum and i m here with dr. elizabeth spalding. she is the chairwoman of this museum. and also with elliott burke. he is the head of the evil empire memorial foundation who they are about to put up a marker memorializing this an verse. i will start with you dr. spalding. so many 100 million victims of communism and yet we know i know as a parent there is a virtual blackout on this information. tell me about why this museum is so important. it was because of that blackout in part and we wanted to remember all of the victims
so elizabeth spalding, where are we? we are at the victims of communism museum in washington, d.c. on mcpherson square. and how did this museum come about? it came about because of a 30 year dream and organization called the of communism memorial foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. and then it was this one will amuse you. it was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. and then into law by president bill clinton. and the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. these would be the victims that it created. this grand holocaust that so many people didn t know about. and america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. during world war two of the , others. but people didn t understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. and so that s the initial impetus. but this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memo
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we? we are at the victims of communism museum in washington, d.c. on mcpherson square. and how did this museum come about? it came about because of a 30 year dream and organization called the of communism memorial foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. and then it was this one will amuse you. it was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. and then into law by president bill clinton. and the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. these would be the victims that it created. this grand holocaust that so many people didn t know about. and america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. during world war two of the , others. but people didn t understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. and so that s the initial impetus. but this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and there s there s a memori