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I suspect we probably will. Thanks for the back and forth. Doug

Kevin, Again I'm going to have to disagree with you. And again my own experience of those times were that they actually weren't all that different from the 1950s for most people. The culture didn't really change all that much from 1960 to 1969. It was only later in the 70s that you had moms...

Kevin, I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I think the point some of us are trying to make is that the events and movements you are talking about, were just not a part of most people's lives at the time and frankly most people were ignoring them. The importance of them in people's everyday...

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Kevin, Interesting perspective. I suspect that my parents were probably about 10 to 15 years older than yours, and were supporters of the war. I also suspect that where you lived had a great deal to do with how much exposure you had to "radical" and or anti-war movements of the day. If you were...

Kevin, Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that most people were not aware of the events you are talking about. The astronauts would have been aware of them, however probably not as much as the average person. Working 12 hour days leaves you little time to keep up on current events. My point...

The problem with this point of view is that for the vast majority of Americans, these so called cultural events, weren't a part of their lives. Most people weren't listening to the Beatles, they were listening to Mitch Miller and Herb Alpert, both of whom sold far more records than the Beatles...