View of a clip of President Reagan's famous 1987 Berlin Wall speech in which he asks Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." Video courtesy of Reagan Presidential Library.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall and declared, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Canada now ...

When David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour arrived in West Berlin on June 6, 1987, the city was the world’s de facto capital of geopolitical turmoil, cleft in two physically and politically by 168km (104 ...

The highlight of our 1989 trip was a special side trip to Berlin to participate in the historical tearing down of the wall at Checkpoint Charlie and other places. While there, we celebrated New ...

The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War tension until it was torn down in November 1989. The speech President Kennedy gave in Berlin is often called the ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech.

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. Keep a record of all the various crises in ...

In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall and declared, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Canada now needs a prime minister to channel that energy and demand ...