Reagan at the Berlin Wall: Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall
President Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate and demanded the Soviet Union tear down the Berlin Wall, directly challenging the physical barrier that had split families for decades. His words galvanized East German dissidents and signaled a shift in Cold War rhetoric that accelerated the wall's collapse just over two years later.
June 12, 1987
39 years ago
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