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Reagan Was a Berliner, Too, Son Reminds

Hurrying Wall's demise worth monument in city full of JFK iconography

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 2, 2008 6:45 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Ronald Reagan's son Michael is pushing Berlin to erect a monument to his dad. "He was able to bring together people who ultimately brought down the Berlin Wall," the right-wing talk-show host tells Der Spiegel during a trip to the German capital—home to numerous JFK tributes—to lobby for something to commemorate his late father.

In response to complaints that Berlin already is choked with memorials to different aspects of the city's troubled history, Michael Reagan is unsympathetic. "You wouldn't have all these memorials if he hadn't done his job to free the East and bring the East and West together to make a united Berlin," Reagan says of his old man.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has been dismissive of claims that Ronald Reagan brought about the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has been dismissive of claims that Ronald Reagan brought about the fall of the Berlin Wall.   (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Michael Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, speaks during an information event about a planned Ronald Reagan memorial in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2008.
Michael Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, speaks during an information event about a planned Ronald Reagan memorial in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
He was the one at the forefront of all of it during the 1980s that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Michael Reagan says of his dad, President Ronald Reagan, who deserves a monument in the city.
"He was the one at the forefront of all of it during the 1980s that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall," Michael Reagan says of his dad, President Ronald Reagan, who deserves a monument in the city.   (AP Photo)
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We should really be focusing on Reagan's designation of July as Ice Cream Month
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Reagan's 'tear down this wall' Berlin speech
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And more on JFK's connection to the city
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

 
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