<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>The Swinging Sixties</b><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>The Sixties: a decade of great turmoil.</div><div>John F. Kennedy assassinated.</div><div>L. B. Johnson in charge of US soil.</div><div>The Cold War fully accelerated.</div><div><br></div><div>Chubby Checker sings "The Twist" -- starts a craze.</div><div>Soon dances like "The Watusi", "The Shake",</div><div>"The Swim", "The Jerk" and "The Frug" are ablaze.</div><div>The Beatles -- coiffures and vogue in their wake.</div><div><br></div><div>The Civil Rights movement soon on the rise.</div><div>MLK and his "I Have a Dream" speech --</div><div>all realized the black leader was wise.</div><div>Muhammad Ali with his moves could teach.</div><div><br></div><div>"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", James Bond,</div><div>and "Our Man Flint" -- spies of a new order.</div><div>The best designer suits secret agents donned.</div><div>They chased villains from border to border.</div><div><br></div><div>A killer's bullet ends MLK's life.</div><div>Sirhan Sirhan kills R. F. Kennedy.</div><div>"The Graduate" to movies gives new life.</div><div>Spaghetti Westerns make the nation heady.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve McQueen with "Bullitt" raises a storm.</div><div>"The Wild Bunch" makes Sam Peckinpah a star.</div><div>To Newman and Redford's film people swarm.</div><div>Liz Taylor, Loren and Welch are hot stars.</div><div><br></div><div>On July 20, Nineteen Sixty-nine,</div><div>Apollo 11 lands on the moon.</div><div>Neil Armstrong: "...one giant leap for mankind."</div><div>Everyone wanted to head for the moon.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride</div><div>Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide bikes</div><div>in "Easy Rider". Film buffs loved the ride.</div><div>Sales of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" hiked.</div><div><br></div><div>Students hold protests against Vietnam war. </div><div>Hippies spread love with their "Flower Power"</div><div>and through their slogans of "Make Love, Not War".</div><div>Woodstock with music and peace world showers.</div><div><br></div><div>Here the "Rain Chant" was sung by one and all.</div><div>"Jingo", "Soul Sacrifice" soared Santana. </div><div>The Sharon Tate murders -- a curtain call </div><div>on an innocent Americana.</div></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>