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1967 social phenomenon in San Francisco

Summer of Beloved

Part of the hippie movement
Spencer Dryden, Marty Balin, and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane performing at the Fantasy Fair, early June 1967
Date	1967
Location	Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco
Participants	Perchance 100,000 people
Effect	Calm resolution Inspiration for the Second Summertime of Love

The Summer of Love was a social miracle that occurred during the summer of 1967, when equally many equally 100,000 people, mostly immature people sporting hippie fashions of clothes and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury.^{[1] [2]} More than broadly, the Summertime of Love encompassed the hippie music, hallucinogenic drugs, anti-war, and free-beloved scene throughout the West Coast of the United States, and as far away as New York City.^{[3] [iv]}

Hippies, sometimes called flower children, were an eclectic group. Many were suspicious of the government, rejected consumerist values, and by and large opposed the Vietnam War. A few were interested in politics; others were concerned more with fine art (music, painting, poesy in item) or spiritual and meditative practices.^[iv]

Background [edit]

Culture of San Francisco [edit]

Junction of Haight and Ashbury Streets, San Francisco, celebrated equally the central location of the Summer of Love

Inspired by the Beat Generation of authors of the 1950s, who had flourished in the North Embankment expanse of San Francisco, those who gathered in Haight-Ashbury during 1967 allegedly rejected the conformist and materialist values of modern life; there was an emphasis on sharing and community.^[five] The Diggers established a Free Store, and a Free Dispensary where medical treatment was provided.^[6]

Human Be-In and inspiration [edit]

The prelude to the Summer of Love was a commemoration known as the Human Be-In at Gold Gate Park on January 14, 1967,^[7] which was produced and organized by artist Michael Bowen.^{[8] [9] [10]}

It was at this issue that Timothy Leary voiced his phrase, "turn on, tune in, drib out".^[xi] This phrase helped shape the entire hippie counterculture, as it voiced the central ideas of 1960s rebellion. These ideas included communal living, political decentralization, and dropping out. The term "dropping out" became popular among many high school and college students, many of whom would abandon their conventional education for a summer of hippie culture.

The event was announced by the Haight-Ashbury's hippie newspaper, the San Francisco Oracle:

A new concept of celebrations below the human hole-and-corner must emerge, go conscious, and exist shared, and so a revolution tin can be formed with a renaissance of compassion, sensation, and love, and the revelation of unity for all mankind.^[12]

The gathering of approximately 30,000 at the Human Exist-In helped publicize hippie fashions.^[13]

Planning [edit]

The term "Summer of Love" originated with the formation of the Council for the Summer of Love during the spring of 1967 equally a response to the convergence of young people on the Haight-Ashbury district. The council was equanimous of the Family Dog, The Directly Theatre, The Diggers, The San Francisco Oracle, and approximately twenty-five other people, who sought to alleviate some of the bug anticipated from the influx of people expected during the summer. The council too assisted the Costless Clinic and organized housing, food, sanitation, music and arts, along with maintaining coordination with local churches and other social groups.^[14] Psychedelic poster artist Bob Schnepf was commissioned past Chet Helms to create the official Summer of Dear poster, which became a lasting icon of the era.^[fifteen]

Outset [edit]

An anti-Vietnam War march in San Francisco on April 15, 1967

Youth arrivals [edit]

The increasing numbers of youth traveling to the Haight-Ashbury district alarmed the San Francisco authorities, whose public warning was that they would keep hippies abroad. Adam Kneeman, a long-time resident of the Haight-Ashbury, recalls that the police did little to help the hordes of newcomers, much of which was done by residents of the area.^[16]

College and high-school students began streaming into the Haight during the spring break of 1967 and the local government officials, determined to stop the influx of young people once schools concluded for the summer, unwittingly brought boosted attention to the scene, and a series of articles in local papers alerted the national media to the hippies' growing numbers. By spring, some Haight-Ashbury residents responded by forming the Quango of the Summer of Love, giving the event a name.^[17]

Popularization [edit]

The media's coverage of hippie life in the Haight-Ashbury drew the attention of youth from all over America. Hunter Due south. Thompson termed the district "Hashbury" in The New York Times Magazine, and the activities in the area were reported almost daily.^[xviii]

The effect was likewise reported by the counterculture's own media, particularly the San Francisco Oracle, the pass-around readership of which is idea to have exceeded a half-million people that summer,^[nineteen] and the Berkeley Barb.

The media's reportage of the "counterculture" included other events in California, such every bit the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival in Marin County and the Monterey Pop Festival, both during June 1967. At Monterey, approximately 30,000 people gathered for the first day of the music festival, with the number increasing to 60,000 on the final twenty-four hour period.^[twenty] Additionally, media coverage of the Monterey Pop Festival facilitated the Summer of Love as big numbers of hippies traveled to California to hear favorite bands such equally The Who, Grateful Dead, the Animals, Jefferson Plane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Otis Redding, The Byrds, and Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin.^[21]

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Vesture Flowers in Your Hair)" [edit]

Musician John Phillips of the band The Mamas & the Papas wrote the song "San Francisco (Exist Certain to Clothing Flowers in Your Pilus)" for his friend Scott McKenzie. It served to promote both the Monterey Pop Festival that Phillips was helping to organize, and to popularize the flower children of San Francisco.^[22] Released on May thirteen, 1967, the vocal was an instant success. By the week catastrophe July one, 1967, it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where it remained for four consecutive weeks.^[23] Meanwhile, the song charted at number ane in the Uk and much of Europe. The single is purported to have sold more 7 1000000 copies worldwide.^[24]

Events [edit]

New York City [edit]

In Manhattan, near the Greenwich Hamlet neighborhood, during a concert in Tompkins Square Park on Memorial Mean solar day of 1967, some law officers asked for the music's volume to exist reduced.^[4] In response, some people in the crowd threw diverse objects, and 38 arrests ensued.^[4] A fence about the "threat of the hippie" ensued between Mayor John Lindsay and Police Commissioner Howard Leary.^[four] After this consequence, Allan Katzman, the editor of the East Village Other, predicted that fifty,000 hippies would enter the area for the summer.^{[iv] [25]}

California [edit]

Double that amount, every bit many as 100,000 young people from effectually the world, flocked to San Francisco'south Haight-Ashbury district, equally well as to nearby Berkeley and to other San Francisco Bay Area cities, to join in a popularized version of the hippieism.^[26] A Free Clinic was established for free medical treatment, and a Free Shop gave away bones necessities without charge to anyone who needed them.^{[27] [28] [29] [30]}

The Summer of Honey attracted a broad range of people of diverse ages: teenagers and higher students drawn by their peers and the allure of joining an alleged cultural utopia; center-class vacationers; and fifty-fifty partying military personnel from bases within driving distance. The Haight-Ashbury could not accommodate this influx of people, and the neighborhood scene rapidly deteriorated, with overcrowding, homelessness, hunger, drug problems, and crime afflicting the neighborhood.^[27]

Denver [edit]

Chet Helms, Barry Fey and others who were amalgam The Family Dog Denver in the summer of 1967 likewise held a Human Be-In, in Denver's City Park, with the goal of harnessing the Summertime of Love vibe to promote Helm'due south new Family Dog Productions venture, which opened in September, 1967. 5,000 people attended the Exist-In, with performances past bands similar the Grateful Dead, Odetta and Captain Beefheart. Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary were also reportedly in attendance. As Denver native Bruce Bond states in the 2021 documentary The Tale of the Dog, ^[31] "It's not like the Summer of Love ended in Frisco. It just moved east, to Denver."

Use of drugs [edit]

Psychedelic drug use became common. Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir commented:

Haight Ashbury was a ghetto of bohemians who wanted to practice annihilation—and we did but I don't think it has happened since. Aye in that location was LSD. But Haight Ashbury was not about drugs. It was well-nigh exploration, finding new means of expression, existence aware of one's existence.^[32]

After losing his untenured position as an instructor on the Psychology faculty at Harvard Academy, Timothy Leary became a major advocate for the recreational use of psychedelic drugs.^[eleven] After taking psilocybin, a psychoactive chemical produced by certain mushrooms that causes effects like to those of LSD, Leary endorsed the utilize of all psychedelics for personal evolution. He often invited friends also as an occasional graduate educatee to swallow such drugs forth with him and colleague Richard Alpert.

On the West Coast, author Ken Kesey, a prior volunteer for a CIA-sponsored LSD experiment, also advocated the employ of the drug.^[xi] Before long after participating, he was inspired to write the bestselling novel Ane Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.^[11] Subsequently, subsequently buying an erstwhile school motorcoach, painting information technology with psychedelic graffiti and attracting a group of similarly minded individuals he dubbed the Merry Pranksters, Kesey and his grouping traveled across the country, oft hosting "acrid tests" where they would fill a large container with a diluted low dose form of the drug and requite out diplomas to those who passed their test.^[11]

Along with LSD, cannabis was also much used during this period. Nonetheless, every bit a issue, crime increased among users because new laws were later on enacted to control the use of both drugs. The users thereof oft had sessions to oppose the laws, including The Human Be-In referenced in a higher place too as various "smoke-ins" during July and August,^[33] notwithstanding, their efforts at repeal were unsuccessful.

Funeral and aftermath [edit]

By the end of summer, many participants had left the scene to join the dorsum-to-the-land movement of the late '60s, to resume school studies, or only to "get a job". Those remaining in the Haight wanted to commemorate the decision of the event. A mock funeral entitled "The Expiry of the Hippie" ceremony was staged on Oct 6, 1967, and organizer Mary Kasper explained the intended bulletin:^[17]

We wanted to signal that this was the end of it, to stay where you are, bring the revolution to where y'all live and don't come here because information technology's over and done with.^[34]

In New York, the rock musical drama Hair, which told the story of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, began Off-Broadway on October 17, 1967.^[35]

Legacy [edit]

Second Summer of Love [edit]

The "Second Summer of Love" (a term which more often than not refers to the summers of both 1988 and 1989) was a renaissance of acrid firm music and rave parties in Britain. The culture supported MDMA use and some LSD employ. The art had a more often than not psychedelic emotion reminiscent of the 1960s.^{[36] [37] [38]}

40th anniversary [edit]

During the summer of 2007, San Francisco celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Summertime of Love by property numerous events around the region, culminating on September ii, 2007, when over 150,000 people attended the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love concert, held in Golden Gate Park in Speedway Meadows. It was produced past 2b1 Multimedia and the Quango of Light.^{[39] [40] [41]}

50th ceremony [edit]

In 2016, 2b1 Multimedia and The Quango of Lite, once over again, began the planning for the 50th Anniversary of the Summertime of Love in Gold Gate Park in San Francisco. By the beginning of 2017, the council had gathered about 25 poster artists, well-nigh ten of whom submitted their finished art, merely it was never printed. The council was also contacted by many bands and musicians who wanted to be function of this celebrated result, all were waiting for the appointment to be determined before a last commitment.^[42] New rules enforced by the San Francisco Parks and Recreational Department (PRD) prohibited the council from holding a free effect of the proposed size. There were many events planned for San Francisco in 2017, many of which were 50th Anniversary-themed. However, at that place was no free concert. The PRD after hosted an event originally called "Summer Solstice Party," but it was after renamed "50th Ceremony of the Summer of Love" two weeks before commencement. The result had fewer than 20,000 attendees from the local Bay Area.

In frustration, producer Boots Hughston put the proposal of what was by then to be a 52nd anniversary free concert into the form of an initiative intended for the November half dozen, 2018, ballot.^{[43] [44]} The issue did non make the ballot; however, a more generic Proposition E provides for directing hotel tax fees to a $32 million budget for "arts and cultural organizations and projects in the urban center."^[45]

During the summer of 2017, San Francisco celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love past holding numerous events and art exhibitions.^[46] In Liverpool, the city has staged a 50 Summers of Beloved festival based on the 50th anniversary of the June 1, 1967, release of the album Sgt Pepper's Lone Hearts Guild Band, by The Beatles.^[47]

Run across also [edit]

• Counterculture of the 1960s
• 1967 in music
• Acid rock
• Allen Ginsberg
• David Pare
• Deadhead
• Central Park be-ins
• Commune
• Grateful Dead
• Hippies
• Jefferson Airplane
• John Lennon
• Neil Young
• Nick St. Nicholas
• Psychedelia
• Psychedelic rock
• Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the Urban center of Love

References [edit]

Notes

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2. ^ P. Braunstein, and M.Doyle (eds), Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s and '70s, (New York, 2002), p. 7.
3. ^ Selvin, Joel (1999). Summer of Love The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love, and High Times in the Wild West. Cooper Square Printing. ISBN9780815410195.
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8. ^ "Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965–1969". Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. Retrieved November ane, 2008.
9. ^ "Copy of Certificate of Accolade presented to Michael Bowen". Urban center and Canton of San Francisco. September two, 2007. Retrieved November ane, 2008.
10. ^ T.H. Anderson, The Move and the Sixties: Protest in America from Greensboro to Wounded Knee joint, (Oxford University Printing, 1995), p. 172.
11. ^ ^{a b c d due east} Weller, Sheila (July 2012). "Suddenly That Summertime". Vanity Fair . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
12. ^ San Francisco Oracle, vol. 1, issue v, p. two.
13. ^ T. Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage, (New York, 1993), p. 215.
14. ^ Chet Helms. "Nearly this issue..." Summertime of Dear. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
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19. ^ "Summertime of Beloved: Underground News". PBS American Experience companion website. Archived from the original on Oct fourteen, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2007.
20. ^ T. Anderson, The Motion and the Sixties: Protestation in America from Greensboro to Wounded Human knee, (Oxford Academy Press, 1995), p. 175.
21. ^ T. Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage, (New York, 1993), pp. 215–217.
22. ^ Eddi Fiegel (2006). Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of 'Mama' Cass Elliot. pp. 225–226. ISBN9780330487511 . Retrieved August v, 2013.
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25. ^ Mark Jacobson Long Hot Summer of Love in New York, from New York magazine
26. ^ "Allen Cohen: San Francisco Oracle, Human-Be-IN, History of the Haight-Ashbury". Archived from the original on March 1, 2003.
27. ^ ^{a b} Gail Dolgin; Vicente Franco (2007). The Summer of Beloved. American Experience. PBS. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2007.
28. ^ "Gelatin Silver Portraits from the Summer of Love in 1967". Flavorwire.com . Retrieved Baronial 31, 2019.
29. ^ "Photographs of Hippie Culture in San Francisco by Elaine Mayes". Fubiz.net . Retrieved Baronial 31, 2019.
30. ^ "The band performing at Fantasy Fair in early June 1967.... | Jefferson Airplane & friends | Jefferson aeroplane, Jefferson starship, Grace slick". Pinterest.com . Retrieved August 31, 2019.
31. ^ "The Mystery of the Family Dog, Denver's Near Storied Stone Venue". Westword. August 16, 2017. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
32. ^ J. McDonald quoted in East. Vulliamy, "Dear and Haight", Observer Music Monthly, twenty May 2007
33. ^ Harden, Marker (July 6, 1997). "Summer of Honey Seminal '67 Effect Back after 30 Years". Lexislexis.com . Retrieved September 28, 2012.
34. ^ "Transcript (for American Experience documentary on the Summer of Love)". PBS and WGBH. March fourteen, 2007.
35. ^ Ron Bruguiere (2011). Collision: When Reality and Illusion Collide. p. 75. ISBN9781456725242 . Retrieved August 5, 2013.
36. ^ Reynolds, Simon (1998). Free energy Flash. Picador. ISBN0-330-35056-0.
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39. ^ "Proclamation" (PDF). 2b1records.com . Retrieved August 31, 2019.
40. ^ Joel Selvin (September 2, 2007). "Summertime of Dearest bands and fans jam in Golden Gate Park". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco: Hearst. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved August v, 2013.
41. ^ "The Line Up for 2007". Summer of Love 50th Anniversary – 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
42. ^ "2b1 Multimedia Inc and the Quango of Light Announce San Francisco's Summer of Love 50th Ceremony Concert". Businesswire.com. January 25, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
43. ^ "Summertime of Honey Producer is Heading to the Polls Later on Various Permit Denials". Ampthemag.com. January 12, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
44. ^ "Summer of Beloved concert promoter won't give up – seeks ballot measure". Sfchronicle.com. January 10, 2018. Retrieved Baronial 31, 2019.
45. ^ "5 local ballot measures face up San Francisco voters in November". Sfchronicle.com. August 13, 2018. Retrieved Baronial 31, 2019.
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47. ^ "50 Summers of Love". Culture Liverpool. 2017.

Further reading [edit]

• Lee, Martin A.; Shlain, Bruce (1985). Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD, and the Sixties Rebellion. New York: Grove Press. ISBN0-394-62081-X. IDBN 0-394-55013-7.

External links [edit]

• Summertime of Love: twoscore years later, from SFGate
• What Was The Summer Of Beloved?: A 50th Ceremony Explainer Archived Oct 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine – SFist
• The Summertime of Dearest Wasn't All Peace and Hippies – JSTOR
• The Summer of Dear, Performers in Britain and the United States Archived November six, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the American National Biography
• John Griffiths. Summer of Love, in Great britain
• Kate Daloz The Hippies Who Hated the Summer of Dear Longreads
• CIS: 'Summer of Honey' Reached Behind Iron Drape, by Salome Asatiani. RFE/RL, August 30, 2007 (an article nearly the impact of the Summer of Dear effect on Soviet youth civilization)
• PBS, The American Experience: Summer of Love Archived February 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, 2007

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