Editing Ich bin ein Berliner (section)

==Consequences and legacy==
[[File:Gedenktafel John-F.-Kennedy-Platz (Schöb) John F Kennedy.JPG|thumb|upright|Plaque commemorating Kennedy's speech next to the front entrance of [[Rathaus Schöneberg]]]]
While the immediate response from the West German population was positive, the Soviet authorities were less pleased with the combative ''Lasst sie nach Berlin kommen''. Only two weeks before, in his [[American University speech]] (formally titled "A Strategy of Peace"), Kennedy had spoken in a more conciliatory tone, speaking of "improving relations with the Soviet Union": in response to Kennedy's Berlin speech, Nikita Khrushchev, days later, remarked that "one would think that the speeches were made by two different presidents."<ref name=ryan>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Halford Ross|title=U.S. presidents as orators: a bio-critical sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Efqq9cYYqq0C&pg=PA220|year=1995|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-0-313-29059-6|pages=219–220|access-date=June 27, 2015|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523022410/https://books.google.com/books?id=Efqq9cYYqq0C&pg=PA220|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Ronald Reagan]] would evoke both the sentiment and the legacy of Kennedy's speech 24 years later in his "[[Tear down this wall!]]" speech.

There are commemorative sites to Kennedy in Berlin, such as the German-American [[John F. Kennedy School, Berlin|John F. Kennedy School]] and the [[John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies]] of the [[Free University of Berlin|FU Berlin]]. The public square in front of the Rathaus Schöneberg was renamed [[John-F.-Kennedy-Platz]]. A large plaque dedicated to Kennedy is mounted on a column at the entrance of the building and the room above the entrance and overlooking the square is dedicated to Kennedy and his visit. A video of Kennedy delivering the speech plays as part of the main exhibit at the [[Checkpoint Charlie Museum]].

The original manuscript of the speech is stored with the [[National Archives and Records Administration]].