Reagan Peace Park Murals

Reagan Peace Park Murals. . [Plaque 1] , . The flag of the USSR is shown behind Vladimir Lenin, Russian leader of the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolution. , . Soviet soldiers stand in Moscow's Red Square near the Kremlin, seat of the Communist government of the USSR. , . Ronald Reagan, President of the United States 1981-1989, makes his 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, West Germany, during which he admonishes the leader of the USSR, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” , . A memorial on the western side of the Berlin Wall honors those killed trying to flee to West Germany. , . A torn piece of a shirt caught in barbed wire represents the separation of East Germany and West Germany. , [Plaque 2] , . John F. Kennedy makes his speech while overlooking the Berlin Wall in 1963, in which he states, “Ich ben ein Berliner!” , . East German guards carry mortally wounded Peter Fechter from “No-Man's-Land” after he was shot while making an unsuccessful attempt to reach the West. , . Michail Gorbachev, President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, acknowledges in the summer of 1989 that if peace were possible between the town of Dixon, Illinois and Dickson, Siberia, then peace should be possible for the USA and the USSR. , . An East German guard stands on one side of the wall while West Berliners hammer on their side of the wall. , [Plaque 3] , . A Dove of Peace flies in triumph with the flag of the United States. , . The Berlin Wall opens in November of 1989. , . Children light candles for democracy.