Over 100,000 Celebrate 30 Years Since Fall Of Berlin Wall

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Visitors stay underneath the skynet artwork 'Visions In Motion' in front of the Brandenburg Gate as they attend stage presentations to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

BERLIN (AP) — Police and organizers say more than 100,000 people took part in an open-air party celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Despite the cold and damp, crowds flocked to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate late Saturday for music and fireworks.

The boulevard leading up to the Brandenburg Gate was covered with a giant rainbow-colored net made of 100,000 streamers, many with messages of love and peace, created by American artist Patrick Shearn.

Elsewhere in the city, images and video of the events around the Nov. 9, 1989 fall of the wall were projected onto buildings.

In the once-divided town of Moedlareuth, auto enthusiasts re-enacted the moment when East Germans first cross the border in their modest ‘Trabi’ cars to the cheers of welcoming West Germans.


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Educated Archy
Educated Archy
4 years ago

The walk fell under bush but the overwhelming consensus is that It was thanks to Regean that Germany and the whole ussr was brought to its knees . I know we have a bunch of fake news revisionist lairs on here who twist facts and rxcslim Regean was a disaster and senile . That’s as ludicrous as saying Regean only won by a small margin in 84. Please spare me your fake news lies