Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined European dignitaries in Germany’s capital to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Sources: CP staff; U.S. Department of State; Voice of America
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined European dignitaries in Germany’s capital to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Approximately 14 feet high, the notorious 96-mile wall–more than 60 miles of which were cast-in-place concrete–divided the German capital and symbolized the country’s East-West Cold War split. On the evening of Nov. 9, 1989, hammer-wielding East Germans began their country’s reunification with West Germany through celebratory demolition of the graffiti-laden concrete structure. Their actions came nearly 30 months after President Ronald Reagan, speaking from Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, challenged Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall.