I do.
It was unbelievable--literally. Who could believe it happened, and so quickly? The world changed that night.
In honor of that seminal event, as well as the upcoming Veteran's Day holiday, I link to what I still consider to by my best post ever (and I have over 9400 posts), Freedom Is A Little Piece of Broken Concrete. Parts VI-IX describe that time.
Sure. I remember when the phrase "when the Berlin wall falls" was synonymous with "never".
ReplyDeleteI visited (West) Germany in 1988. I didn't go to Berlin, but there was no indication that such a thing would ever happen. May we never forget WHY such a wall was ever built and why very, very few fled from the west to the polluted police-state that was East Germany.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping that North Korea is next...
Yep! Specifically because we were hosting an exchange student from Germany that year. She had to watch it on TV, half a world away.
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