Do you remember November 9, 1989?
Karin Agness has an excellent column at Townhall.com explaining why 11/9 is every bit as memorable as 9/11 -- and for a much happier reason.
Sixteen years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was torn down -- by Berliners. The wall had been constructed not to keep people out, but to keep people living under communism in East Germany from escaping to freedom.
Photos of the falling Berlin wall are here.
The fall of the Berlin Wall seemed unthinkable -- until it happened. Then everyone agreed that it had been inevitable.
The same was true of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Which American president foresaw and encouraged the fall of the Berlin Wall? f you don't know, take a look at Karin Agness's column.
Bonus food for thought: What seems unthinkable today -- and yet will seem inevitable when it happens?
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