Summer of Love: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	1967
Location	California • San Francisco • United States • Haight-Ashbury

Photos

Group of young hippies sitting on the ground, singing and playing guitar, with flowers and a peace sign briefcase during the Summer of Love in Haight Ashbury, 1967.

Haight-Ashbury intersection

Grateful Dead poster

A Gathering of the Tribes for a Human Be-In

Monterey Pop Festival

George Harrison in Haight-Ashbury

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Topics

counterculture hippie LSD

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