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.

On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan urged Soviet Premier Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. What follows were his full remarks.

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.

With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tape of Ronald Reagan’s famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate is likely to be played and replayed.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It was President Ronald Reagan – provocative to some, ... Reagan's Berlin Wall speech 30 years later: 'Tear down this wall' still stands. By Craig Shirley , Scott Mauer Fox News.

On June 12, 1987, former President Reagan called on Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall. CBS News looks back at the now-iconic speech - and how its most powerful line almost didn&#039 ...