In a sense. . . the hippies did “win,” but not in a way we should truly applaud. Their pro–free love, anti-establishment, anti-war, pro-drug ethos left a trail of destruction in its wake.

Flower power originated in the mid-1960s as a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War and became a symbol of hippie counterculture that rejected mainstream mores. Peace, love, freedom ...

The days of Silk Road traders journeying between Europe and Asia were fading into history when, in the last half of the 20th century, a new breed of carefree adventurer appeared on the scene.

Some young people dropped out of normal society altogether. They were known as hippies. close hippieA member of the 1960s counterculture who rejected traditional American values. Hippies were ...