Hippies first became popular in the 60's. Most of the hippies were kids and teens. Hippies were people who rebelled against their parents. Hippies are often associated with Woodstock, 60s, Summer of Love, Rainbow Gatherings, Grateful Dead, tie-dyed cloths, bell bottoms, peace signs and loving to party. The term hippie actually came from the word hipster and was often used to refer to the younger bohemian crowd. The hippies were best known as being involved in the 1960s counterculture movement. Hippies were on everybody's mind. My friends grandma and her brother went to school. they lived in New York. They found out that woodstock was coming the next day. so they bought tickets to go! But they got caught and were grounded for a very long time.The Yippies, who were seen as an offshoot of the hippie movements parodying as a political party, came to national attention during their celebration of the 1968 spring equinox, when some 3,000 of them took over Grand Centeral Station in New York — eventually resulting in 61 arrests. The Yippies, especially their leaders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Ruben, became notorious for their theatrics, such as trying to levitate the Pentagon at the October 1967 war protest, and such slogans as "Rise up and abandon the creeping meatball!" Their stated intention to protest the
1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, including nominating their own candidate, "
Lyndon Pigasus Pig" (an actual pig), was also widely publicized in the media at this time.
