"He wrote: 'Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against "Cold Turkey" slipping down the charts.'"
David Brown in The Times reports the discovery of John Lennon's MBE in a royal vault.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Nothing to Kill or Die For
Labels:
1960s,
Beatles,
Britain,
Counterculture,
cultural history,
Vietnam War
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