Tear down this wall!
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On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, then-United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan
Reagan's cue card with the speech's namesake line
West Berlin mayor Eberhard Diepgen watching the speech
A piece of the Berlin Wall located at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Ich bin ein Berliner
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"Ich bin ein Berliner" is a speech by United States president John F. Kennedy given on June 26, 1963, in West Berlin. It is one of the best-known speeches of the Cold War and among the most famous ant
Tear down this wall!
…post-Cold War era, it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in Berlin after John F. Kennedy's 1963 speech "Ich bin ein Berliner". Reagan's speech was written by Peter Robinson. The "tear down this wall" speech was not the first time Reagan had addressed the issue of the Berlin…
Kennedy delivering his speech in Berlin
Plaque commemorating Kennedy's speech next to the front entrance of Rathaus Schöneberg
Berliner with plum jam filling