While there we some devastating moments that identify the 60's. It was not the worst of the decades we have seen. I was in the high school class of '64 and grew up on the coast in California. It was arguably the best time and the best place to be alive.
It was a golden age of innocence and innovation. Surfing, hot rods, music - it was the hub of happening.
Regretfully, that freedom was too much for some.
“The golden age of innocence”. The banner at the Homecoming Parade at the end of Animal House is dated “November 21, 1963”.