GC1043G John F. Kennedy Platz (Traditional Cache) in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany created by Team golfpro

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A cache by Team golfpro Message this owner

Hidden : 1/1/2007

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Please practice CITO...Cache In Trash Out [:D]
This park and grab urban micro is assessable 24/7 however; it may be easier to locate with a flashlight.
Please be very careful not to disturb the landscaping or compromise this caches location. See hint.

A sister John F. Kennedy Platz to the one in Berlin...not much is published as to when this platz was dedicated...If anyone can forward information on this JFK Platz in Ramstein-Miesenbach, please forward to me for posting on this page...Safe caching...

In the summer of 1963, President Kennedy paid a memorable visit to Berlin, the city at the heart of the Cold War.

In the summer of 1963, just after the completion of the Wall, President Kennedy visited Berlin and was greeted by ecstatic crowds who showered his entourage with flowers, rice and torn paper. In the Rudolph-Wilde-Platz, Kennedy gave one of his most memorable speeches to a rapt audience:

"There are many people in the world who really don’t understand, or say they don’t, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin. There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Communists. Let them come to Berlin. And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress. Lass’sie nach Berlin kommen. Let them come to Berlin.

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."

No other American politician had met with such joy and enthusiasm on a visit to Germany. Shortly after President Kennedy’s death in November of 1963, the square where he had made his famous speech was renamed the John F. Kennedy Platz.

Visit the following link for more info on the speech: (visit link)

View and download speech at the jfklibrary: (visit link)
Danke koia for teh following added information on the Platz
17 June 1953 Workers Revolt Memorial
Following riots in East Berlin which began among construction workers, who took to the streets on June 16, 1953 , to protest against the communist government of East Germany which grew to over 50,000 workers from many jobs. The Soviet Union sent an entire armored division of its troops into East Berlin to crush the rebellion (visit link)

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