Senator Barack Obama, shown in Las Vegas on Sunday, grew up in the aftermath of the huge cultural storm of the 1960s.
(Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
National Perspective
Obama's new breed of baby boomer
Senator Barack Obama, shown in Las Vegas on Sunday, grew up in the aftermath of the huge cultural storm of the 1960s.
(Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama turned 6 during the Summer of Love. He was 8 and living in Indonesia at the time of Woodstock. (Full article: 774 words)
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