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End the commercialization of the hippie lifestyle
- Leaders carried a coffin down Haight Street and the crowd stopped for a “kneel-in” at the corner of Haight and Ashbury. Through this performance, the Diggers sought to end the commercialization of the hippie lifestyle and the main stream appropriation of their social experiment.
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Mar 29, 2024 · By October the tide of youths in Haight-Ashbury had receded, and a “Death of the Hippie” march commemorated the end of an unprecedented period in a remarkable location. It also symbolized a rebuff of the media craze that had instilled stereotypes of hippies into the national consciousness over the summer.
Jun 18, 2022 · With the Summer of Love over in 1967, counterculture leaders organized a funeral for the hippies, marching through the Haight-Ashbury with a ceremonial casket and declaring the era over.
- Peter Hartlaub
Death of Hippie was a mock funeral staged on October 6, 1967 meant to signal the end of the Summer of Love. Organized by the Diggers to convince the media to stop covering the Haight, attendees burned underground newspapers and hippie clothing.
Those remaining in the Haight wanted to commemorate the conclusion of the event. A mock funeral entitled "The Death of the Hippie" ceremony was staged on October 6, 1967, and organizer Mary Kasper explained the intended message:
- 1967
- Calm resolution, Inspiration for the Second Summer of Love
- Possibly 100,000 people
Oct 3, 2017 · By Bill Van Niekerken Oct 3, 2017. The Death of the Hippie funeral event and procession would start at the Psychedelic Shop on Haight and proceed on to Buena Vista Park October 6, 1967 Peter ...
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Aug 25, 2017 · In October 1967, some hundred or so hippies united and declare an end to the Summer of Love. A symbolic funeral procession marked the death of hippie culture.
Jan 13, 2021 · The end was signaled by a ceremony titled "The Death of the Hippie," a mock funeral undertaken in the streets of Haight-Ashbury in which the participants burned hippie clothing and underground art and magazines and carried a symbolic coffin through the neighborhood.
