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Hell, I wish I’d been there…..


…amongst the cheering crowd to welcome Fidel and Che to Havana after the hated Batiste had fled….

….when Martin Luther King told of his dream …

… to hear Steve Biko’s testimony …

…standing by the roadside when Nelson Mandela walked up the road holding Winnie’s hand …

…to march against the Iraq War when 1+million British people showed their dissent (I was out of the country) …

… in The Haight district when The Grateful Dead played their freebie from the back of a truck …

… to save this man from his fate …

…on that night in November ’89, in Berlin, when the wall came down …

Where do you wish you’d been at a moment in history?

4 thoughts on “Hell, I wish I’d been there…..”

  1. This is easy.. (you have the picture)..When Mr Mandela was freed. Since I was in high school where I first read of him he has been the epitome of strength and hope for humans. I would give all my earnings to have a chat with him …

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