News: Anti-war haircuts

Meaningless gestures are not new. Four decades ago, a group of long-haired high-schoolers gathered on the steps of the federal building in Columbia, Missouri, to protest the Vietnam war by getting their hair cut. Their protest clearly shook the government right to its foundations: the war ended a mere four years later.

I was sent to cover this momentous event -- the haircuts, not the end of the war.

Meaningless gestures are not new. Four decades ago, a group of long-haired high-schoolers gathered on the steps of the federal building in Columbia, Missouri, to protest the Vietnam war by getting their hair cut. Their protest clearly shook the government right to its foundations: the war ended a mere four years later.

I was sent to cover this momentous event -- the haircuts, not the end of the w…  (read more)

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