Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It may have been the most significant event in the last quarter of the 20th Century. However, it is difficult to explain to kids how big a deal this was without actually seeing the wall itself.
It might surprise many readers to learn that, no matter where you live, you don't have to travel very far see a section of the wall. There are over 40 sections of the wall on display at locations in North America alone, and even more across the globe. You can hop in the car and see an intact segment of the wall at:
The European Union HQ in Brussels
The Imperial War Museum in London
The Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul.
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The Centre for World Commerce in Montreal.
The CTA Station in Chicago
The George H. W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, College Station, Texas
The Winston Churchill Memorial Library at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri
53rd street between 5th and Madison Avenue in New York.
If you would like a section on display in your community, or just a chunk for your desk, they are available for sale here.
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10 comments:
I had no idea.
There is also a big part of it standing at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley , California.
It's really cool.
Not quite what I imagined, yet very cool. it just looked so much scarier when it wa up and all together.
Man, I'm getting old... I remember being in a high school classroom (as a teacher) that day, and hauling a tv in so we could watch it.
The kids weren't as thrilled as the adults, but I know they all remember where they were when...
Really cool, Trooper.
I imagined, yet very cool. it just looked so much scarier when it wa up and all together. Work From Home
Or you could just steal a bit of concrete from your local construction site and chuck a bit of German graffiti on it ; )
But seriously I actually did not know that there are bits of it everywhere! Also, the fact that I am old enough to remember something that happened twenty years ago is freaking me out right now.
tammy: I'm glad you can to read about it then.
Swirl Girl: I believe their is a section at nearly every presidential library.
Danielle & Prashant: It does seem a bit of an anachronism now, which is good.
Ms. Scarlett: I remember where I was too.
Movie Girl: Thanks
Soda & Candy: Join the club.
My friend has a chunk of it, so I can drive a mile and go see it whenever.
I miss Ronnie and his great quotes.
Cocette: You could get your own chunk and then you two would have more in common.
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