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2 lip 2022 · Self-described hippies are flocking to Colorado for the 50th anniversary gathering of the Rainbow Family of Living Light this July 4.
25 sie 2017 · Many of the original hippies fled, their dreams, destroyed by drugs and commerce, were just faded memories. In October 1967, some hundred or so hippies united and declare an end to the Summer...
31 lip 2022 · San Francisco’s hippies attempted to establish a new, free-for-all economic system during the 1967 Summer of Love. Here’s the incredible story behind why it flowered and how it withered by summer’s end.
One hundred hippies celebrated the death of the hippie movement as they paraded down Haight Street in San Francisco. They carried signs and a coffin and held a mock funeral — in an attempt to stop the throngs of young people who were flocking to the city daily.
Hippies, sometimes called flower children, were an eclectic group. Many opposed the Vietnam War, were suspicious of government, and rejected consumerist values. In the United States, counterculture groups rejected suburbia and the American way and instead opted for a communal lifestyle.
It was at this junction, 50 years ago, that a baton was metaphorically handed over from the beatniks of the 1950s to a younger generation known by a word never heard before: "hippies".
21 cze 2021 · The year 1967 was designated the “Summer of Love” when somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 youth flooded 25 blocks in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Beforehand, the neighborhood was home to a small community of “hip” residents interested in art, music, theatre, and literature.
