20 Years Ago

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   tksenseiposted 14 years ago

   Germany marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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      Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I still remember the guy with the sledge hammer pounding away and nothing was really happening, in the background a crane was pulling a section down. That was a momentous day, or night if I remember correctly.

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   Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

   20 years and 1 Day.... You're late & still Monday

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   Brian Leightonposted 14 years ago

   I felt sorry for all those that gathered last week for the U2 concert in Berlin only to discover that they had erected temporary walls around the concert to prevent onlookers. I know they placed TV's outside, but it kind of defeated the purpose of celebrating barriers being broken...

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   tksenseiposted 14 years ago

   I had a lot of students who were right there at that time. I remember for a few weeks there was a 'boom' in selling random chunks of brick and cement that were supposedly from the wall.

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      Scott.Lifeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I've always been suspicious of the block on my shelf too, should have been tipped off by the made is USA stamp in the casting....I got got again.

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   tksenseiposted 14 years ago

   And the dominoes are falling this very moment! If anyone out there can turn on the TV in the next few seconds.

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      Madame Xposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Which our president chose not to attend . . .

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         tksenseiposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Of course. It wouldn't have been all about him, and it would have highlighted the distinction between his clueless dithering on foreign policy and the firm consistency of Reagan that really set the dominoes in motion.

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            Madame Xposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            LOL

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            Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Gorbachev had as much to or more to do with it coming down.
            But, whatever, it was a great moment in history.

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               C.J. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               American Presidents have allways had the ability to leave huge foot prints on history. While obviously Reagan didn't single handedly tear down the Berlin Wall, his sense of timing certainly helped the issue reached critical mass.  I would say that the people of East and West Germany had the most to do with the wall coming down.

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   manlypoetrymanposted 14 years ago

   The truest definition of "Tear Down the Wall Between Us"...quite literally...happened Twenty years ago. Thanks for posting this...as a reminder!

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   tksenseiposted 14 years ago

   Did anyone else watch (or attend!) the celebrations in Berlin? Seemed a pretty joyous event.

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