McMartin said. “I hope that I inspire people to find history interesting and relevant.”The crumbling Berlin Wall separated a communist East Germany and an anti-communist West Germany from 1961 to 1989. 15 feet high and 28 miles long, the graffiti-covered wall contained barbed wire and electrified fences, as watchtowers with guards stood along the border. A young Tara McMartin thousands of miles...

The parking lot erupts the moment the clock strikes 2:50 p.m.  Rows of yellow buses inch forward as thousands of students spill out of school in every direction. Police officers block traffic, administrators wave students forward and bus drivers carefully pull through while trying to keep everything moving safely. Even though this hectic afternoon rush may seem mundane to many students, it is actually...