During 1968-1969, an incumbent president chose not to run, King and Kennedy were assassinated, a new president began to undo the New Deal Coalition of several decades, General Westmoreland announced that the war’s end was coming into view, the Tet Offensive launched in Vietnam, Walter Cronkite returned from Vietnam to announce we were in a “quagmire,” the U.S. Pueblo was captured by North Korea, the 1968 Civil Rights Act was passed, large protests occurred at the 1968 Democratic convention, and the Woodstock Music Festival attracted 400,000 people. These two years were a mind-boggling turning point for America. Join us as we review the events, share memories and examine the music that sustained us.
