A Plea for Unity Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Speech

Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” (par. 14) resonated from President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin, of East. Berlin, and of the world. Reagan's ... In this US history lesson, students analyze the Berlin Wall speeches of President John F. Kennedy (1963) and President Ronald Reagan (1987) in both video and ... Because it had been erected to prevent Germans in the East from leaving for the West like so many others had done. ... Reagan challenged the patron of the East German regime, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, to “tear down this wall.” Reagan's many memorable public addresses ... In June 12th, 1987 Ronald Reagan gave a speech that became to be known as “Tear Down This Wall”. This speech was given during a time of conflict. Ronald... The larger-than-life statue sits atop the US Embassy, near where Reagan gave his "tear down this wall" speech. Merkel thanked the US for its ... The crowd's wild reaction unsettled the president and those with him. JFK later told his military aide that, "If I told them to go tear down the ... For most of Ronald Reagan's advisers and diplomats, the president's June 1987 Berlin speech was much too confrontational -- a disaster in ... Finally, “The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union finally heeded Ronald Reagan's demand to 'tear down this wall.'” That was the message of the ... We're just coming up to the 25th anniversary of that event, and many will recall Ronald Reagan's 1987 proclamation: “Tear down this wall!” Yet Gorbachev never ...