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… ...

For Reagan, the speech was 20 years in the making. As early as 1967 when Ronald Reagan was Governor of California, he began asking for the destruction of the wall.

Description. This lesson plan explores President Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987 speech in Berlin, Germany, where he called for Russian General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Biden used as a model of behavior the late President Ronald Reagan’s famous speech wherein the Gipper, in Berlin, said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Recommended Stories Ford Motor ...

The consensus is that Reagan’s most memorable speech was the one delivered on June 12 1987 at the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin. In the middle section of the speech, drafted by the White House ...

The Berlin Wall: Fast facts. Ronald Reagan made his iconic “tear down this wall” speech 30 years ago. Here are some fun facts about the infamous Berlin Wall.