Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Speech A Call for Unity and Freedom

BACKGROUND. NARRATIVE. On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood before the wall that had separated East and. West Berlin since 1961. The Berlin Wall was ... "Tear down this wall!" ... President Ronald Reagan, commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, spoke at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near ... The rhetorical situation is that the speaker is Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. His audience consists of the people who attended his ... Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on November 4, 1980. His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican ... Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The nature of this speech was delivered in a divided Berlin, with West Berlin occupied by the allies (U.S. ... Thirty years ago today, US President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. 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 ... THE ROAD TO THE WALL – RONALD REAGAN AND HIS CALL, 'MR GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL.' January 11, 2015. Author. Clark S. Judge. On Friday, June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan, standing in front of the Berlin Wall that divided Germany into free and communist sectors, spoke 2,703 words, ... On this day in 1987, Ronald Reagan in Berlin urged Gorbachev to "Tear Down This Wall" ... Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes ...