Pieces of the Berlin Wall are spread all throughout the world, but it may come as a surprise that a large section stands in Fulton, Missouri. Embark on a journey through time to discover why it stands at America’s National Churchill Museum today on the Westminster College campus.

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• https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6003284
  • “Berlin Wall Reinforced. Under The Watchful Eye of Communist Police, East German Workers Near The Brandenburg Gate Reinforce The Wall Dividing The City”
  • Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
  • National Archives Identifier: 6003284
• https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6437343 
  • “An aerial view of a segment of the Berlin Wall”
  • Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
  • Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland
  • National Archives Identifier: 6437343
• https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6460116 
  • “East German police watch as visitors pass through the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz”
  • Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
  • Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant F. Lee Cockran
  • National Archives Identifier: 6460116
• Brent Mackey
• https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6460160 
  • “A West German man uses a hammer and chisel to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz”
  • Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
  • Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. F. Lee Corkran
  • National Archives Identifier: 6460160
• https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6460115 
  • “A crowd of West German citizens gathers at the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz”
  • Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
  • Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. F. Lee Corkran
  • National Archives Identifier: 6460115
• https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/divtour/id/10549/rec/4  
  • “Ronald Reagan Speaking at Berlin Wall Sculpture”
  • Credit: Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ronald_Reagan_lecture_at_Westminster_College,_Fulton_MO.jpg  
  • “File:Ronald Reagan lecture at Westminster College, Fulton MO.”
  • CC license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en  
  • By Westminster College, Fulton MO – Photo Database of Westminster College, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24190718