A peace protester was famously photographed putting a flower in an M14 rifle stock in 1967.

… we all wore it under our bellbottoms and fringed shirts, sang optimistically about love and peace, danced to scratchy renditions of “Walking on Sunshine” on record players, and put chrysanthemums in the barrels of M1 Carbines pointed at us while we marc…
Patchouli, the Scent of the 60s
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Katharine Valentino
Grace Louisa
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Oct 19, 2024
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A peace protester was famously photographed putting a flower in an M14 rifle stock in 1967. Walking on Sunshine wasn’t a pop hit until 1985. But I do love the earthy scent of a good patchouli oil.
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Written by Grace Louisa
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Saltier than a cocktail peanut and here to get ignored by a much wider audience.
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