About 3.4 million babies arrived in that first year of what became known as thebaby boom generation.
This year Casey-Kirschling and others in the boomer vanguard turn 70.
So, what does it mean to turn 70 in 2016?
Whites are on their way to becoming a minority in America by 2044.
And only 19 percent of all families are the classic nuclear combination.
“Some of them feel like the cultural values they grew up with are shifting all around them.”
“But of course, it did happen, and it was tremendously exciting.”
Barbara, who with Beverly turns 70 in November, still sees the influence of their activism today.
TheVietnam yearsstill resonate for these men.
He suffered frompost-traumatic stress disorderand alcoholism for years after Vietnam.
“It really happened.”
Women born in 1946 saw perhaps even greater changes in their roles in society.
The percentage of70-plus womenwho are still working is expected to rise from 30 percent to 39 percent by 2024.
