Tony Dolan, who died this month at age 76, was a sage to many and a friend to freedom lovers around the world.

View of a clip of President Reagan's famous 1987 Berlin Wall speech in which he asks Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." Video courtesy of Reagan Presidential Library.

The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War tension until it was torn down in November 1989. The speech President Kennedy gave in Berlin is often called the ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech.

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet Revolutions of 1989 ... This means not only the freedom of speech and thought, assembly and association, but also the right to private and family life ...

The Berlin Wall became a physical symbol of the division between the communist and capitalist worlds. In 1963, Kennedy visited West Berlin and made a speech explaining how the city had become a ...