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Speechwriter Peter Robinson and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Burt recall President Reagan's Berlin Wall speech and trip to West Berlin. 2017 is the 30th anniversary of President ...
On September 19, Germany will honor a speech, delivered 25 years ago, with a permanent plaque on the very spot where President Reagan gave it in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.
On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan urged Soviet Premier Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. What follows were his full remarks.
The rest, as they say, is history. Two and half years later, the wall was down and a new chapter begun. It’s always worth recalling Reagan’s courageous act and words of that time. But we ...
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.
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is pictured during his "tear down this wall" speech in West Berlin, Germany, on June 12, 1987. The speech resurfaced on Tuesday with news of the death of former ...
It would be a shame to let the week pass without taking note of an anniversary of historical significance: the 29th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's “Tear Down This Wall” speech. It ...
By the time Reagan delivered his Berlin Wall speech, in June 1987, he had already held two summits with Gorbachev and was moving toward two more. He was in negotiations for the arms-control treaty ...
But after his Berlin Wall speech, Reagan was infuriated by Biden, who at the time was in a race for president that would fizzle to nothingness when Biden repeatedly lied about his heritage and his ...
On June 12, 1987, former President Reagan called on Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall. CBS News looks back at the now-iconic speech - and how its most powerful line almost didn&#039 ...