2009.08.19: August 19, 2009: Headlines: COS - Brazil: Hippies: USA Today: Arthur Powers writes: In August 1969, I was a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer serving in Brazil. Woodstock was irrelevant to me then, and it is irrelevant to me now
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2009.08.19: August 19, 2009: Headlines: COS - Brazil: Hippies: USA Today: Arthur Powers writes: In August 1969, I was a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer serving in Brazil. Woodstock was irrelevant to me then, and it is irrelevant to me now
Arthur Powers writes: In August 1969, I was a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer serving in Brazil. Woodstock was irrelevant to me then, and it is irrelevant to me now
Our generation had tremendous social idealism. Young people were volunteering with VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) and myriad community and church groups, working for renewal in political parties and active in the civil rights movement.
Arthur Powers writes: In August 1969, I was a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer serving in Brazil. Woodstock was irrelevant to me then, and it is irrelevant to me now
Spirit of '69
Arthur Powers - Raleigh N.C.
In August 1969, I was a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer serving in Brazil. Woodstock was irrelevant to me then, and it is irrelevant to me now ("Woodstock at 40: Does it still matter?," Cover story, News, Friday).
Our generation had tremendous social idealism. Young people were volunteering with VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) and myriad community and church groups, working for renewal in political parties and active in the civil rights movement.
We were at times mistaken, often naive, but we cared. I would rather that we be remembered for that sense of commitment.
Posted at 12:06 AM/ET, August 19, 2009 in Letter to the editor,
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