On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan called for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to open the Berlin Wall, which had encircled West Berlin since 1961. [1] [2] [3]

May 1, 2018 · On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood just 100 yards away from the concrete barrier dividing East and West Berlin and uttered some of the most unforgettable words of his presidency:...

Feb 9, 2023 · Erected in 1961 to stanch the flow of East Germans seeking to escape the Communist system by fleeing to West Berlin, the wall, a dozen feet tall, completely encircled West Berlin. From the air, the wall seemed to separate two different modes of existence.

This speech by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin contains one of the most memorable lines spoken during his presidency. The Berlin Wall, referred to by the President, was built by Communists in August 1961 to keep Germans from escaping Communist-dominated East Berlin into Democratic West Berlin.

On June 12, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan spoke near the wall in front of Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate. Reagan’s speech echoed the message of another famous American at the Berlin Wall some 24 years before.

Jun 12, 1987 · In one of his most famous statements, President Reagan declares "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" He speaks of future peace with the Soviet Union and encourages the Soviet government to work on bringing East and West Berlin together.

President Ronald Reagan’s "Tear Down This Wall" speech marked his visit to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 12, 1987, following the G7 summit meeting in Venice. As Reagan spoke, his words were amplified to both sides of the Berlin Wall, reaching both East and West Germans.

Jun 12, 2006 · In June 1987 Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate rising behind him, to deliver a challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev. In recent months, the president explained, we had heard a great deal from the Soviet Union about a new policy of glasnost, or openness.

Jun 5, 2014 · An indelible image of Ronald Reagan is him standing near the Brandenburg Gate within sight of the infamous Berlin Wall and almost shouting, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” It is great...

Ronald Reagan, June 12, 1987 A piece of the Berlin Wall on the west side of the Reagan Library. The Iron Curtain took shape following World War II as a fortified border between the nations of Eastern and Western Europe.