Jim Gibbons – The 1960’s: Flower Power, The Beatles, and J.F.K

May 30, 2025 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm 2001 West Algonquin Road, Algonquin, IL 60102

The 1960’s was a time of turmoil in our nation’s history. From President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address warning of a military industrial complex to President John F. Kennedy stating “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!” The United States was a country on the move with a can do attitude, young, vibrant, full of vigor just like its new young president and first lady. We were going to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Our country was alive and strong, the past was over, and the future was now, and then suddenly Dallas, Texas, “President Kennedy is dead!” Historian, Jim Gibbons, will take you on a roller-coaster ride during one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history! From television to movies, fashions to fads, the times were changing and changing fast! This was the decade that moved away from the innocence of Camelot to the cry of “Hell no, we won’t go!” This was our countries time of dramatic change and the end of our innocence when all the world was watching.