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BoomerFlashbacks is where those of us lucky enough to grow up in some of the most exciting, changing, amazing times can share stories, thoughts and photos.
We were born into the afterglow of the “War To End All Wars.” Rock and roll didn’t exist. The economy was booming. Everybody loved America. Nuclear power was to provide electricity too cheap to even meter. Once we got rid of those evil commies we’d have an even more perfect world.
B&W TV burst into colors. Instead of hand copying we could Xerox. Air pollution was the benign sign of bustling factories. Muscle cars raced on twenty five cents a gallon gas.
Segregation was legal. Females weren’t allowed to wear pants in public schools. Liquor stores had to be closed on Sunday. Only bad girls did it. Divorcees were shunned. We wore a coat and tie on planes and buses. We lived in a Beaver Cleaver world. Father always knew best.
And then, for the first time in history, the sons and daughters of the ruling class wanted to blow up their birthright and remake the world. The young no longer looked to their elders for answers. “Twenty-Five and Under” was Time Magazine’s Man Of The Year.
Great times live forever.
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Kyle