1960s Mod Enamel Flower Power Brooch Pin Red, white, & Blue

1960s Mod Enamel Flower Power Brooch in red, white, and blue. Make a statement with 2 x 3 inch brooch. Good used condition with age-appropriate wear. A couple of tiny chips in the edges of white petals should not be noticeable when the brooch is worn, Please see photos for condition details. Thanks! "Flower Power" was a term coined by Beat poet Alan Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform Vietnam War protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Hippies embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered flowers and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to the public, becoming known as "flower children." This trend was taken up by the fashion industry, and flower patterns were incorporated in clothing and jewelry into the 1970s. Brightly colored enamel on metal flower brooches were worn by women young and old, but somewhere along the line, the symbolism got dropped. However, when recalling the iconic photograph from 1967, of a teenage hippy placing a flower into the barrel of a soldier's gun during an antiwar protest at the Pentagon, I like to imagine living in a world where the magic of Flower Power can prevent or stop war.