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As a member of the
United States
House of Representatives
from
1989 to 1993, Ben Jones was an eyewitness to some major events of 20th century history.
“The year I went to Washington was the year the Cold War ended, and the Iron Curtain was tom to rags. I personally had the honor of taking a pickax to the Berlin Wall. People had come. from all over the world to take a whack at it. I brought a lot of the pieces home to give as gifts, little symbols of freedom. I was part of a delegation that worked with newly formed democratic groups throughout Eastern Europe to help with the transition from ""state economies to market economies, and from dictatorial, one party systems to democratic, open political systems.”
He talks of the snowy night in Prague when he was at the American ambassador’s residence. “Our ambassador there was no stranger to show business, either. She was Shirley Temple Black, the former child star. Her Oscar was on the mantelpiece. But the real excitement was that the Czechs had just thrown off Communism and the whole country was eu
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