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Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
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Counterculture of the 1960s
Anti-establishment cultural phenomenon
The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century. It began in the mid-1960s, and continued through the early 1970s. It is often synonymous with cultural liberalism…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Human Be-In
1967 countercultural gathering in San Francisco, California
The Human Be-In was an event held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Polo Fields on January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco's Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol of American counterculture and introduced the word "psychedelic" to suburbia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
San Francisco
Consolidated city-county in California, United States
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Golden Gate Park
Public park in San Francisco, California, United States
Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts on the West Side of San Francisco, California, United States. It is the largest urban park in the city, containing 1,017 acres (412 ha), and the third-most visited urban park in the United States, with…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Summer of Love
1967 social phenomenon in San Francisco
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 14
Day of the year
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