Hippies were part of a movement during the Vietnam War that involved rejecting anything related to the government. They believed that life was just about being personally happy and feeling good, without any thoughts of others' needs or the consequences of their actions. They focused on peace, love, sexual freedom, and drugs. The peace symbol and VW buses became their main way of identifying themselves, along with wearing brightly colored, ragged clothes, often with beads and tie-dyed items. California, particularly San Francisco, had a huge hippie population. The hippie culture led to drug abuse and selfish morality. In August 1969, the end of the Hippie Movement took place with the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. The effect of the Hippies on the U.S. soldiers was profound. The hippies protested the war and made the soldiers feel they were not supported or appreciated when they returned.