Flower child or Flower Children originated as a synonym for hippie, especially those who gathered in San Francisco and environs during the summer of 1967, which was called the Summer of Love. It was the custom of "Flower Children" to wear flowers to symbolize peace and love. During the earliest years of its use, the term was most commonly used in the plural, only rarely in the singular. A singer dresses in a stereotypical hippie outfit. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Summer of Love is a phrase given to the summer of 1967 to try to describe the feeling of being in San Francisco that summer, when the so-called hippie movement came to full fruition. ... Clivia miniata right hereflowers. ... Widely-recognized peace symbol Peace is commonly understood to mean the Other definitions include freedom from disputes, harmonious relations and the absence of mental stress or anxiety, as the meaning of the word changes with context. ... The Chinese character for love (愛) —its parts indicating (top to bottom): That which gives breath (ie. ...

Scott McKenzie's rendition of the song "San Francisco" was released in May, 1967.^[1] The song was originally written by John Phillips to promote the June, 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, and it urged visitors to San Francisco to "wear some flowers in (their) hair," in keeping with the festival's billing as "three days of music, love and flowers": Scott McKenzie (b. ... John Phillips in the sixties. ... Poster promoting the festival The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The City by the Bay; The City That Knows How; Golden Mountain (historic Chinese name) Location Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates , Government City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Geographical characteristics Area     City 600. ...

If you're going to San Francisco,
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...
If you come to San Francisco,
Summertime will be a love-in there.

"San Francisco" became an instant hit (#4 in the United States, #1 in Europe^[2]) and quickly transcended its original purpose, bringing as many as 75,000 young people from all over the world to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, Berkeley and other Bay Area cities during the Summer of Love. The corner of Haight and Ashbury in 2005 The Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, USA named after the intersection of Haight Street and Ashbury Street, commonly known as The Haight or, in recent years, The Upper Haight. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

The Summer of Love became a watershed event in the development of a worldwide 1960s Counterculture when newly recruited Flower Children returned home at the end of the summer, taking with them new styles, ideas and behaviors and introducing them in all major U.S. and Western European cities. In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. ...

The term achieved shades of political meaning when San Francisco Bay Area Flower Children gathered in Berkeley, California in April, 1969 to participate in the planting of flowers, shrubs, grass and trees during the building of People's Park. After authorities destroyed People's Park and installed an 8' tall chain-link wire fence around its perimeter, planting flowers became a symbol of peaceful resistance. One of the most famous photos from the 1960s is of a young girl sliding a flower down the muzzle of a bayonetted rifle wielded by a National Guardsman assigned to guard People's Park on May 30, 1969. The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ... Seal of the National Guard Bureau Seal of the Army National Guard Seal of the Air National Guard Seal of the National Guard Missile Defense The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air...

In the singular, the term flower child was later appropriated to mean Generation X children who have been raised by hippie parents, whether the child was a hippie or not: as of the 1990s flower child could refer to any child brought up in a hippie-like household or having a notably hippie name. People having unusual names such as Cree Summer, Moon Unit, Rainbow Sun, Star, Sunshine or other similar names might be referred to as flower children, regardless of their politics, parentage, or cultural background. Generation X is a term for the generation of people born in the Western world (especially people born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, the United States and the United Kingdom) following the post-World War II baby boom generation. ... A child (plural: children) is a young human,or an individual who has not yet reached puberty. ... Parenting comprises all the tasks involved in raising a child to an independent adult. ... See also 1990s, the band Seinfeld was a pop cultural phenomenon during the 90s and became one of the most popular TV programs ever. ... A list of real, non-fictional people with unusual names, listed alphabetically by first name (even in the infrequent case where the middle or last name is the unusual one). ... CD Promo. ... Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name Moon Zappa. ... Rainbow Sun Francks as Lt. ... Star Parker (b. ... Sunshine Anderson is an R&B singer best known for her song Heard It All Before. She is managed by the Macy Gray. ...

See also

• Hippie
• Summer of Love

A singer dresses in a stereotypical hippie outfit. ... The Summer of Love is a phrase given to the summer of 1967 to try to describe the feeling of being in San Francisco that summer, when the so-called hippie movement came to full fruition. ...

References

1. ^ Scott McKenzie's web site.
2. ^ U.K. Number Ones 1960-69. Rockmine Archives.

Further reading

• 'Flower Child' in the American Heritage Dictionary
• Online Etymology Dictionary
• Official Information on the single, San Francisco