As 1967 turned into 1968 it seemed like the hippie dream was on the verge of collapse. The Tet Offensive galvanized the Antiwar Movement at home, which led to the sitting President of the United States not running for reelection. In musical circles, The Beatles along with Mike Love of the Beach Boys and the folk singer Donovan sojourned to India to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Just as the Vietnam War began another phase of escalation, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, sending the nation into a period of mourning and riots.
