1989 Part II

Although the Chinese student led protests failed to bring changes to China's Communist regime, it was November 1989 that forever changed the world as we know it. 

I did not think that the reforms ushered in by the Communist bloc countries would lead to the fall of Communism and the symbol of a divided Europe, a divided Germany, and a divided city, the Berlin Wall.  We talked in great detail the changes happening in Europe in Mr. Bill Westfall's Government class.  Then on November 9 or 10, I get a call to go over to Mr. Westfall's house to witness the gatherings at the Berlin Wall.  The East German government has lifted the restrictions on travel to West Berlin and that was it!  Berliners (East and West) gathered at the Wall and began to break it down

 

 Twenty-Five years later I think of how these events in 1989 are never forgotten due in large part because they were televised.  Today, we have YouTube, Twitter, and smartphone apps that gives us the news, and history, in a matter of seconds.  What a difference 25 years has made.