"Remember 11/9" (not a typo). :)

[Jay74]

  **Remember 11/9**

  	  		November 9, 2005

by Karin Agness

     College students are always looking for a reason to celebrate. In fact, we’ll turn just about any occasion into an opportunity to have a little fun.

But amidst our naïve glee, we seem to forget a day that deserves celebration: 11/9.

Sixteen years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was torn down. After an East German official clumsily said that East Germans would be allowed to cross the border into West Germany, tens of thousands of East Berliners gathered at wall checkpoints to receive their promised freedom. Tensions flared, but the crowds continued to demand their freedom. Resistance ultimately became futile, and the crowds were allowed to cross into West Berlin. West Berliners met East Berliners with open arms and they celebrated together. They took sledgehammers to the wall and destroyed the symbol of oppression.

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[Jeffrey]

Great Post!

 

[Adonis33]

I was a senior in High School when it happenned. I remember a teacher bursting into our room to announce the Wall had fallen. We spent the rest of the period watching it on TV.