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1960s
A revolution of education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment; the Civil Rights Movement, the Space Race, the assassination of President Kennedy, and hippies defined much of the 60s.
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Campuses became centers of debate and protest as the baby boomers started entering college and America stepped into the war in Vietnam.
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The decade started with Alan Shepard going into space, John Glenn orbiting Earth, and finished with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon.
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Female teachers continued to teach while pregnant for the first time.
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Skateboards, Barbies, and GI Joe were introduced.
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Rocky and his Friends and the Flintstones were the first cartoons made for TV.
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Motown Records brought to large audiences singers like Aretha Franklin and Smoky Robinson, Bob Dylan brought about a folk revival, and the Beatles dominated the music scene. The late 1960s saw psychedelic rock which led to “counterculture” and Woodstock.
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Oktoberfest was first celebrated in 1961. Louis Armstrong played at Oktoberfest in 1964 and the Glen Miller Orchestra played in 1966.
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The Mississippi River flooded during Easter of 1965 damaging an already blighted area. The river crested at 17 feet and many youth volunteers assisted with sandbagging. A Harborview plan was created in 1966 for a business/retail district near the river, but no development would take place.
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The La Crosse Community Trust changed it name to the La Crosse Foundation.
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