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Happy May Day

May 1, 1968
by Amy

P002Ours was a beautiful picnic in Grant Park. A day in the sun with no threat from pigs. My wrist throbbed and itched. We smoked some and Bea dropped a tab. We sang Elvis songs. Coleman bought me some pop afterward and we pretended that we were kids again. For a few moments, we were.

Then we went back to my pad and did it with Coleman. What a wonderful day.

Credit: Photograph by Mary H. Northend

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About Project 1968

  • Started in January 2008, Project 1968 is a blog docu-novel about the lives of two young women on their way to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

    It is a way to look at the day-to-day happenings from 40 years earlier. It was created solely by independent writer and researcher, Laura Axelrod.

    Janine Stephenson, an 18-year old freshman from the University of Wisconsin, took the semester off to campaign for Senator Eugene McCarthy. She is accompanied by her best friend, Becca.

    Amy, a 23-year old anti-war protester, works at a well-known peace group in Chicago.

    Links to source notes, ephemera and commentary are located at the bottom of many entries. Comments are allowed on these back pages

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  • Project 1968 is copyright 2007 by Laura Axelrod. All rights reserved. It is registered with the Writers Guild. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance between the characters and persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Content cannot be copied or redistributed without the express written consent of the author.