644td Posted April 16, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 16, 2019 Fun little helmet that I recently picked up. The helmet is linked to Woodstock, the great concert in history of the hippie generation. The owner lived in Boston and a Unknown band from Boston called Quill preformed during the drug fest called Woodstock. We are a military family and I grew up as a kid during the protest and late war years and I support my father and my uncles who fought in Vietnam but this helmet is history and for me thats all it is. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted April 16, 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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644td Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted April 16, 2019 I’m in the process of tracking down the guy who had it at the concert to nail everything down, hopefully I will have all the information soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 16, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 16, 2019 Groovy, baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi-shots Posted April 16, 2019 Share #6 Posted April 16, 2019 gwb.... you beat me to it... groovy man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted April 16, 2019 Share #7 Posted April 16, 2019 I’m in the process of tracking down the guy who had it at the concert to nail everything down, hopefully I will have all the information soon. I look forward to hearing the rest of the story. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaptonIsGod Posted April 16, 2019 Share #8 Posted April 16, 2019 The great tragedy of modern society, both for some protesters at the time and in the years since, is that we have trouble recognizing that you can both support the men and women who fought and gave their lives in these conflicts while also questioning the need for a conflict to exist in the first place (VVAW comes to mind as an early organization that got it right, and we've certainly gotten better since). Cool helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd12 Posted April 16, 2019 Share #9 Posted April 16, 2019 The great tragedy of modern society, both for some protesters at the time and in the years since, is that we have trouble recognizing that you can both support the men and women who fought and gave their lives in these conflicts while also questioning the need for a conflict to exist in the first place (VVAW comes to mind as an early organization that got it right, and we've certainly gotten better since). Cool helmet. Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted April 16, 2019 The subject of War protestors and of the VVAW is a matter that still to this day people struggle with. My father was proud to have served in 66-68 early part of the war but still battles his demons. It was a war of numbers and numbers bleed red. But the Woodstock festival was more of a drug fest and orgy and was a place I would have never wanted to be, but it is history and is a part of American culture that is slowly fading from memory. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaptonIsGod Posted April 16, 2019 Share #11 Posted April 16, 2019 If anyone has not seen it yet, I highly recommend the Ken Burns Vietnam series. It does an incredible job neutrally acknowledging all of the nuance and mixed emotions of the time (although I personally would have loved to see Hendrix et al just from a musical perspective) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share #12 Posted April 16, 2019 Hendrix did not play until close to the end and most people had already left; their lose LOL Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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