True story: when my wife and I visited the Berlin Wall in 1986, about three years before it came down, we found ourselves standing in the American sector, on free soil, just west of the infamous ...
BERLIN (AP) – Berlin’s mayor has unveiled a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s call to the Soviets to “tear down” the wall that then divided the German city.
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Gordon Lucy: Ronald Reagan's 'tear down this wall' speech in Berlin in 1987 encapsulated his gifts as US president
During his presidency Reagan rehabilitated conservatism, revived faith in the presidency, restored American self-respect, and his vision made a significant contribution to ending the Cold War. A ...
In 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist East — spent the year competing to see who could showcase the best cultural, ...
On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Germany and voiced his now-famous challenge to the Soviet leader: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." The Berlin ...
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