#title Thoreau Made a Hippy
#author anon.
#SORTauthors anon.;
#date 1967
#source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/35-august-1-15-1967/thoreau-made-a-hippy]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2017-01-24
#notes Fifth Estate #35, August 1–15, 1967



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A new United States postage stamp commemorating the 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau has been designed by painter Leonard Baskin.

The stamp was first placed on sale July 12 at the writer-anarchist’s home town of Concord, Massachusetts.

The stamp came under fire recently from Thoreau devotees on the grounds that it makes bearded, long-haired Henry look like a “hippie.” Indeed, Thoreau’s appearance and his life style may qualify him as one of America’s first “hippies.”