Originally uploaded by chaesq.

A chunk of the Berlin Wall stands to the rear of the main portion of the Reagan Library. It was so oddly moving to see this, to remember watching the fall of the Wall on television and thinking, surreally, "I'm seeing history in the making. I'm seeing history in the making. I am not appreciating this and soaking it in as much as I should be. I'm seeing history in the making."

Reagan being the first President that I can remember having any consciousness about, it was incredibly moving and weighty to move through his Library and see his hand and influence in the things I remember hearing, seeing, learning about throughout the early 80s.

Goodness, I love history ...