[barker]

There used to be an air base about ten miles from our house. It's now closed but for years they had an air show every summer.

One year there were two AF officers at a table selling souvenirs. They had been in Berlin just after the wall came down and brought some pieces of it back. They decided to break it up into smaller pieces and sell it. Money went to buy playground equipment for the children at the base.

I bought one of the bags and have it safely tucked away in a drawer. It is so cool knowing I own a piece of history. I remember when the wall went up when I was a teenager and it terrified me. And I also cried when it came down.

[Bahbah]

I remember when the wall went up when I was a teenager and it terrified me. And I also cried when it came down.

Why do so many of us feel so strongly about the same things? I have no answer.

[HRoarke]

My wife lived in divided Germany as a child. She is now a school teacher and without fail must explain yearly to middle and high school students what the wall was...they have no clue.

You can bet they've been taught all about any number of PC garbage topics but can't tell you who wrote the Declaration of Independence or anything about the Reagan/Bush I administrations.

It still stuns her today to watch footage of the wall coming down...