Weren't they the same generation that came up with Woodstock, Live Aid, and the all-loving hippie movement?
Unfortunately, Baby Boomers are known for being ridged and closed- minded in an evolving world. And let's be honest, that reputation is well earned.
But weren't they the same generation that came up with Woodstock, Live Aid, and the all-loving hippie movement? Yes, they were. It's hard to explain.
Here are 21 photos of boomers being the exact kinds of people back in the day that they love to hate now.
1
Protesting the Vietnam War
Around the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines case, in which students earned the right to protest.
2
Smoking Pot
Cedar Woods, near Leakey, Texas, 1973.
3
Parents at the Pride Parade
New York, 1974.
4
Offering a Flower to Military Police
An anti-Vietnam war demonstration, the Pentagon, 1967.
5
English Hippies
“Swinging” London, 1960s.
6
High Schoolers
Ready for a festival.
7
“My Dad”
“With a blunt on his bike before his high school graduation, 1973.”
8
“My Mom”
“At 18 years old, protesting the KKK in 1976 Atlanta, GA.”
9
Hash Bash in Ann Arbor, Michigan
America's longest-running annual cannabis legalization rally.
10
Anti-Nuclear Protest
England, early 1980s.
11
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Performing at the Culture House in Helsinki.
12
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Arrested for protesting in 1961. She was tested for mental illness because law enforcement couldn’t think why a white woman would want civil rights.
13
Two Hippies
At the Woodstock Festival, 1969.
14
Protestor
A clear message, 1969.
15
Protesting Together
Allies in 1973.
16
Three Brothers in the 1970s
Arrested for growing hash and DUIs.
17
“Captain Woodstock”
A nostalgic costume in the 1990s.
18
Hippie Cabin
1972, Southern Indiana.
19
Hippie Folksingers
A couple in a 1970s band.
20
Chicago Pride Parade
Walkers in 1980.
21
“My Grandmother”
“Her hippie days in the ‘70s.”
