Celebrate one less wall

The Berlin Wall was almost 28 years a divider between East German Berlin and West Berlin. An 87 mile separation between a city and it’s people.

The fall of the wall on November 9th, 1989, was one of the most amazing and greatest historical incidences of my lifetime. After the peaceful revolution, an inner movement for freedom, the border to the West was opened and  almost a year later the German Reunification was concluded.

 

Today, probably the best use of it, makes up the East Side Gallery, in Berlin, the longest open air gallery in the world.

 

Signpost at the Berlin Wall in Mountain View, CABut if you don’t have time and/or means to go to Germany, you can view part of the Berlin Wall in Mountain View in front of the public library. Generously donated by the Golzen Family.

 

Can you remember where you were when the wall came down?

One thought on “Celebrate one less wall

  • October 15, 2016 at 3:14 pm
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    I remember the event making news, even though I was only in the third or fourth grade at the time. My crazy uncle actually dropped everything and flew to Germany that week to witness it in action. He wasn’t able to get a chunk of the wall but he did bring me a t-shirt. Wish I still had it!

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