A spectator jumps up as President Ronald Reagan gives a thumbs up sign after his speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where he had said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" in ...

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” That simple phrase by President Ronald Reagan spoke volumes. It was a call to action to stand up to Communism, fittingly spoken at Brandenburg Gate in ...

Many Americans point to President Reagan's June 1987 "Tear down this wall" speech as a key moment in making the fall of the Berlin Wall a reality, but fewer recall the essential role played by ...

Ronald Reagan ignored advice from senior advisors and staff to keep his ‘tear down this wall’ line in his Berlin speech of June 1987© (Photo: fdsafd) ...