COMMEMORATING THE SUMMER OF LOVE, 1967-2007

BE IN AT HERITAGE SQUARE!

On August 25, 2007, Heritage Square Museum remembers a watershed year in recent history when Flower Power was in full bloom, hippies hung out on the Sunset Strip, and there was a Love-In in Griffith Park. The “happening” is from 4:00 until 7:00 PM. Tickets for this event are $25 per person. There will be dance contests, hippie “costume” contests, face painting, give-aways, refreshments, and of course, music. K-EARTH 101 radio will be there, playing all the “oldies” and special live performance by The Ravelers. This event is a fundraiser for Heritage Square and proceeds will go to restoration projects at the museum.

Made up of Victorian structures rescued from demolition from around Southern California, Heritage Square Museum is an open air, living history museum dedicated to telling the story of the development of Los Angeles. Heritage Square is located at 3800 Homer Street, off the 110 Freeway at Avenue 43, just north of downtown Los Angeles.

40 years ago, young people converged on Los Angeles and San Francisco in a social experiment that changed society. Victorian houses were a backdrop for the activities and events of that era. At that time, no one was interested in Victorian architecture--it was not considered chic or desirable, but it provided cheap housing for the hippies, who embraced its uniqueness as part of their counterculture ideals.

From the Monterey Pop Festival, the publication of Rolling Stone Magazine, the first airing of Laugh-In, to the Vietnam and 6-Day Wars, 1967 was a year that saw strangely diverse events. Against a backdrop of war protests and rock and roll music, the youth of America tried to maintain a vision of free-spirited idealism. Although the Summer of Love marked both a beginning and an end, it is remembered as a milestone of hippie culture. Forty years later, the hippies have become the “Establishment” and the Summer of Love a distant memory of youthful idealism. There are many parallels between then and now. Get out your love beads and be sure to wear some flowers in your hair!

Tickets must be purchased in advance; tickets will only be sold at the gate if available. For tickets or more information, the public may call 323-225-2700 ext. 224 or visit our website at heritagesquare.org.