The Berlin Wall Falls
From 1989 · a Good News classic
On November 9, 1989, a fumbled press-conference answer sent East Berliners streaming to the checkpoints, and the guards — outnumbered and unordered — opened the gates. Families separated for 28 years embraced; strangers handed flowers to border guards; young people danced on the Wall with hammers and champagne. The Cold War's most hated symbol became, overnight, the set of the world's happiest party.
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