Section of the Berlin Wall in the Ozarks?
Section of the Berlin Wall in the Ozarks?
An original ten-foot by ten-foot section of the Berlin Wall. These words from the 23rd Psalm are painted in German on the wall, "Though I walk through the dark valley, I will not fear.” When the wall came down, this piece was purchased as a tribute to the spirit of all people who risk their lives to believe and practice their Christian faith.
Authorized by the Kremlin, the order for the wall to be built was given at 1:11am on Sunday, August 13, 1961. Actual construction began on August 16, 1961. The wall stood as a physical symbol of man’s opposition of man.
While walls have been built throughout the history of man, the Berlin wall was the only one ever designed to hold a country’s people in the grip of tyranny. The wall was first built 6-foot high of bricks topped with barbed wire. However, by 1970, the wire and brick were replaced by uniform steel reinforced concrete panels and raised to 10-feet.
Initially the surface was bare and gray, with only scattered graffiti. But at the end of the 1960’s it was discovered that the wall as a perfect medium for visual protest. Most themes relate directly to the wall, its meaning and function, depicting the hope of overcoming borders, and the wish for the wall to fall, These thoughts are conveyed by pictures of zippers, holes, doors, ladders, stairs…
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, with a shout of freedom heard and rejoiced around the world!
This remnant of the Berlin Wall was transported from Berlin to Bremen, Germany, then shipped to the Port of Houston (Texas), and from there delivered by truck to Eureka Springs.
