The Monterey International Pop Festival opened on Friday, June 16, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. Los Angeles band, the Association, kicked off the three-day ...

The Summer of Love didn’t just happen in a vacuum nearly 60 years ago. It wasn’t a kind of spontaneous combustion that created the hippie movement and the peace and love ethos of the ‘60s generation. ...

The summer of 1967 saw a surge in protests and the rise of the hippie movement. Frustration with the Vietnam War fueled social and political discontent. The Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco ...

From San Francisco’s “Summer of Love” to loading down the station wagon for a family road trip, summer offered so much promise in the 1960s. We sifted through Reddit to find some of the best ’60s ...

Janis Joplin, right, performs with guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. (Photo by Marjorie Allette) Dennis McNally is the author of “The Last Great Dream.” (Photo by Susana Millman) Show Caption 1 of 3 From left ...