Virginia, First State to Join Trump in Remembering Victims of Communism

The Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington on Nov. 8, 2017. Established by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, it is a replica of the Goddess of Democracy statue erected during China's Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The Commonwealth of Virginia had announced that it was joining President Donald Trump and the White House on the National Day for the Victims of Communism, Nov. 7, in commemorating victims of communism.

President Trump released a statement on Nov. 7 to commemorate the more than 100 million people who died under oppressive regimes guided by communism, an ideology rooted in atheism and struggle.