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I'm Emily Gisinski, culture editor here at the Federalist as always.

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Today I'm very pleased to be joined by Elizabeth Spalding.

Elizabeth is the chairman of the Board of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

She's also the founding director of the Victims of Communism Museum here in Washington, D.C.

and a senior fellow at the Papar Dine School of Public Policy, Elizabeth.

Welcome to the show.

Thank you, Emily. It's a pleasure to be with you.

You know, it's the one year anniversary of the museum opening up downtown in Washington, D.C.

and I am so curious to hear how the reception, what the reception has been like over the course of the past year.

And maybe, you know, folks haven't had a chance to get down to D.C.

Even me, I live here. I haven't been able to get down there yet, even though I'm very, very eager to.

I've heard it's very powerful.

You know, what are some of the big takeaways from the last year as you've observed the growth of the museum?

For the last year, it has been fascinating to watch that growth.

We had a big dedication, which was marvelous.

And it was on the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's Parliament address to Britain.

So those of your listeners that know any history, know that that would be connected to Reagan talking about

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