Reagan's Tear Down the Wall Speech A Triumph of Freedom

Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Only a few years later, on Nov. 9, 1989, it was not Mr. Gorbachev but the German people who finally tore down ... On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan addressed a crowd of 20,000 people in West Berlin in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The words he delivered that afternoon ... On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the ... 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 ... ... tear down this wall.” The panel conversation will reflect on the ... "Tear Down This Wall”: A Discussion Reflecting on President Reagan's 1987 ... President Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech marked his visit to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 12, 1987, following the G7 summit meeting in ... In summer of 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke to the citizens of Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Throughout his speech, “Tear Down This Wall”, ... Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” And while Reagan certainly exhorted the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to rid ... 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 ... Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall. The wall had been a symbol of the Communist era in a divided ...