Bitburg controversy
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The Bitburg controversy concerned a ceremonial visit by Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President of the United States, to a German military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany in May 1985. The visit was i
The cemetery after the ceremony
President's Wreath
Protester with sign
Michael Moore
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Michael Francis Moore is a progressive American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Moore's work frequently addresses various social, political, and economic topics. He first became pub
Bitburg controversy
…airbase at Kolmeshöhe, lined with 2,000 policemen – one posted every 4 metres (12 ft): few protesters showed up. When Reagan arrived at the cemetery, Michael Moore and a Jewish friend of his whose parents were at Auschwitz were there with a banner that read "We came from Michigan, USA to remind you: They killed…
Moore in 2011
Moore at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival receiving a standing ovation for Sicko
Moore at the 66th Venice International Film Festival in September 2009
Moore at Royce Hall, UCLA to promote his memoir Here Comes Trouble, September 2011