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Abbott Hoffman, Aka — Part 22
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NY 176-6 .
At 6:00 AM, approximately 200 hippie- type individuals
were milling around the Sheep Meadow.
By 11:00 AM, the crowd had enlarged to approximately
1,000 individuals. At that time a band started playing music
at the Southwest corner of the Sheep Meadow. Stands were also
set up at which YIP posters were passed out advertising
a "Festival of Life", in Chicago, August 25 to 30, 1968, with
free music, lights, theater and magic. In addition, in one
section of the Sheep Meadow a small area was also set up to
accept donations of canned food goods for the forthcoming Poor
People's March to Washington, D.C.
At 1:00 PM, the crowd had enlarged to approximately
5,000 individuals and at 2:00 PM, the crowd had enlarged to a
peak of approximately 9,000 hippie- type individuals and
Easter Sunday strollers.
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A number of individuals wearing "Yippie" T-shirts
wandered through the crowd with buckets attempting to
obtain contributions for YIP.
During the day numerous small groups entertained
with various hippie-type music.
At 3:00. PM, a small single engine airplane
circled over the Sheep Meadow three times and dropped
bunches of flowers.
By 6:00, PM, the crowd had dwindled to approximately
1,000 individuals’ who were gathered around the platform at the
Southwest corner of the Sheep Meadow listening to hippie-type
music.
By 7:45 PM, the majority of the crowd had dispersed.
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