The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: US Army Engineer Museum Fort Leonard Wood and the US Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) are a 65-acre training facility in the Missouri Ozarks. Chemical, engineer, military police, transportation Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors and international students from allied nations receive training here. The Berlin Wall Memorial is made from parts of the Hinterlandmauer. Further details […]
Location: Allendale Campus, Zumberge Library 1 fragment The Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids is also home to a fragment of the Berlin Wall. It was donated by Frederik C. Meijer, owner of a supermarket chain. Other segments were donated to the Van Andel Museum Center and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum by Meijer, too. […]
Location: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum 1 segment In Helsinki in 1975, the Helsinki Final Act was signed. The provisions of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which were mostly influanced by the United States under President Ford, became basis for many human and civil rights movements in East Germany. Frederik H.C. Meijer, […]
Location: Van Andel Museum Center 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz Under the watchful eyes of the public several segments were lifted out of the Wall at Potsdamer Platz in November 1989. One of which was inscribed with “Meijer”. As Frederik C. H. Meijer, owner of a supermarket chain in Grand Rapids got aware, he got at once in […]
Location: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate The most famous professing Berliner undoubtedly was John F. Kennedy. During his visit to Berlin in 1963, the US president assured the walled West Berliners of support by the US. His pithy words Ich bin ein Berliner went down in history. In 1990, Jean Kennedy, a sister […]