American Experience | Summer of Love | Special Features | The Year of the Hippie

JUNE 21, 1967 Summer Solstice Celebration (0:36)

Hundreds of hippies gather on a hilltop near the Haight district in the early hours of June 21st -- the official start of summer -- to welcome what they are calling the "Summer of Love."

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"Sunrise ceremony 4-5 a.m., Twin Peaks
Pilgrimage to Park down Haight Street 8-9 a.m.
Day-long festivities throughout Park
Bar-b-cue picnic Polo Fields
June 21
Sunset pilgrimage to beach
Rising moon ceremonies on beach.

BRING
costumes, gongs, cymbals, bells, horns, chants, beauty, peace, harmony, flowers"
-- The San Francisco Oracle, Vol. 1, Issue 8, p. 32