In the turmoil of the 60's, America was at war with Vietnam. But
             more evident was the movement among the young people taking part
             in the protests and displays. Many people were against this was,
             especially the youth, an unfair was the was seeing many of our youth
             being killed and drafted in America. The mass exhibitions world wide
             against the Vietnam war saw millions of young people become united.
             Counterculture: Groups or movements existing within an
             modern society and in any country which find themselves in
             opposition to governing and accepted mainstream ideas, values and
             the approved and sanctioned forms of self expression. They were
             against mainstream political thinking, emotions, and styles.
             In the 60's, the first of the baby boomers became teenagers.
             Since they grew up during the cold war, many of these young people
             felt as if they were living on the edge of destruction. With the threat of
             nuclear war , everything was blamed on the elders of this generation
             for creating the world which they must live in. This was called the
             generation gap. The difference in attitudes between people of
             The "hippies", a name given to them by Micheal Fallon, sought
             after a new lifestyle, even more, a lifestyle that was against the war.
             They believed in communities rather than normal traditional family
             environments. A common practice was sharing living quarters,
             without regard to sex or martial status with the availability of the birth
             control pill. Many coffeehouses had a "pad"- a room with a few
             mattresses on the floor and sleeping bags where anyone who wished
             could crash for a night or two. Small groups began retreating to the
             country, where they formed communes, communities that shared
             Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone," 1
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