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The Summer of Love was a major social phenomenon that occurred in San Francisco during the summer of 1967. As many as 100,000 people, mostly young people, hippies, beatniks, and 1960s counterculture figures, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and Golden Gate Park.
That summer in 1967 between 75,000 and 100,000 young Americans flocked to Haight-Ashbury to protest the Vietnam War and materialism, experiment with drugs and sexuality, practice alternative religions, or otherwise seek and experience the hippies’ idealized view of enlightenment.
Aug 21, 2017 · In the summer of 1967, a hundred thousand young people descended upon the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. These utopian-seeking artists, musicians, drifters, and hippies were...
Jul 18, 2017 · Subscribed. 5.6K. 551K views 6 years ago. In the summer of 1967, thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie...
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Jun 12, 2018 · Summer of Love is a striking picture of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district during the summer of 1967 — from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos,...
Jun 14, 2012 · It was billed as “the Summer of Love,” a blast of glamour, ecstasy, and Utopianism that drew some 75,000 young people to the San Francisco streets in 1967. Who were the true movers behind...
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Jun 21, 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.
