Hippie Movement
Goals
John Lennon
“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”
Imagine
"You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one"
Jimi Hendrix
Woodstock
In August 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Festival took place in Bethel, New York, which for many, exemplified the best of hippie counterculture. Over 500,000 people arrived to hear the most notable musicians and bands of the era, perhaps one of the most poignant moments of the movement was on October 21st, 1967. 100,000 hippies, liberals and others marched peacefully on the Pentagon in an attempt to levitate it. They were met with a human barricade of 2,500 soldiers surrounding the Pentagon. And soon enough, violence erupted when the more radical protestors clashed with US Marshals. The protest lasted for almost three days before order was restored.
The hippie movement brought up new attitudes towards life, making it more colorful and joyful for the generation of 60’s and 70’s. those people needed some happiness in their life, after sad war experiences of their parents.