[snippy_about_it]

1989 The Berlin Wall is opened after dividing the city for 28 years.

Thank you President Reagan.

Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate - West Berlin, Germany - June 12, 1987

This speech was delivered to the people of West Berlin, yet it was also audible on the East side of the Berlin wall.

Excerpt;

"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! "

[colorado tanker]

I list November 9 as a historic holiday on my calendar: Berlin Wall Day. The Cold War had been part of life for as long as I could remember. I was so proud and so thrilled to see than evil wall knocked down by free citizens. People laughed at Reagan for having that vision, just as they are laughing at President Bush today.