in Geezer

The fall of the Berlin wall, 25 years ago

Yesterday, the fall of the Berlin Wall turned 25. I wrote about the fall of the Wall back on its twentieth anniversary. It remains one of the most astonishing things I have ever seen on television.

As I wrote five years ago, it was quite satisfying to be serving in the military at a time when peace was “breaking out all over.” Somewhere, in a parallel universe, that peace became permanent.