Yippies' Invade Disneyland August 6, 1970
“The next day the LA Times headlines read ‘YIPPIES OUTBURST SHUTS DISNEYLAND.’ That was BS the headline should have read "COPS SHUT DISNEYLAND TO KICK OUT LONGHAIRS" or better yet ‘YIPPIES TURNED ON IN TOMORROWLAND.’ I was 18 years old at the time. On August 6, 1970 I hitchhiked from Alhambra to Disneyland to be a part of Yippie Day. When I first got to the park I met this guy that had a good size stash of weed on him. He let me hang out with him most of the day. He is pictured in the first photo and is wearing a green tank top. I thought this was an interesting photo because the straight dude on the left seems to be watching us. We spent about an hour at various concerts sitting with the straights and smoking grass right in front of them. That may have been part of the problem as far as complaints. I wanted to score some acid but no luck. After the cops showed up I'm glad I did not get any.
When I got to Tom Sawyer’s island there was plenty of weed and people were smoking, standing around talking, and playing frisbee. Someone ran up the Viet Cong flag. We left the island and the next thing I remember, I was in a crowd of people, and police appeared in riot gear. I have no idea what caused the police to come in. I was just having a good time when the cops appeared and we were pushed right out of the park. I spent the next half hour looking for a ride. Fortunately some nice freaks I met in the parking lot drove me home.”
Andrew Midkiff
Andrew Midkiff Self portrait
Big Bear Lake, California
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