20 years ago, I was sitting in an apartment in an old farmhouse in Madbury, NH, watching some news footage via a satellite link. I was in my final year at the University of New Hampshire studying for a degree in German language. I watched events unfold in utter astonishment... and then called a friend of mine, Thea, who was working at the UNH library... as I recall, my words were simply this:
Thea... die Mauer! Die Mauer ist weg!
She, also a German student, did not believe me... and this was before ubiquitous Internet access where she could have jumped online to see.
It was true, though, and today Germany - and the world - celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
It is, indeed, a momentous day...
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