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 ...
We’re enjoying all these encomiums to President Reagan’s speech calling on the Soviet to tear down the Berlin Wall, which took place 25 years go today. The Wall Street Journal issued a particularly ...
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.
Symbolic of the Cold War, the 155-kilometre concrete wall cut the German capital in half and separated its citizens.
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, ...
This week marks the 37th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s iconic speech at the Brandenberg Gate of the Berlin Wall. To be sure, President Reagan’s challenge, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this ...
During the Zohran Mamdani victory party, left-wing commentator Hasan Piker said, “This is the country that defeated the USSR, unfortunately.” This is what the new Democratic Party believes. It was an ...
Whoopi makes bogus fact-check that Reagan's 'tear down this wall' was directed at Germany, not Soviets “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg appeared to misremember one of the most famous moments in the ...
As a utilitarian Berlin city bus on route M41 leaves the magnificent new main train station these days, it's easy to forget what a remarkable journey it will take. The bus quickly crosses the River ...