The 1960s It may have been a decade of a myriad of effulgent paintings and intrepid space excursions, but for most people, resplendent canvases don’t come near the mind when someone mentions the 1960s. So just what do we associate the decade with? The most intriguing part of our prior erudition: hippies, flower power, peace, love, drugs, and Woodstock! All of the preceding are the very essence of the ‘60s in America; all of …showed first 75 words of 1140 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1140 total…s helped define our country today. If it weren’t for the bold defiance of a violent oppressed nation, we wouldn’t be able to exercise many of the freedoms that we now deem human rights. We’ve learned that through demonstration, the people can induce changes on the national level. We can always look back on the generation to remind us that the United States of America is still all about “We, the People.”