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Bed Peace [John and Yoko: The Bed-In] (John Lennon + Yoko Ono, 1969)

May

05

1969

Bed Peace (1969)

Someone holds up a letter with John in the background who takes an amused drag from his cigarette. DP: Nicholas D. Knowland.

“on the fifth of May, Lisa[?] Minelli makes the bed.”

– John Lennon

Bed Peace [John and Yoko: The Bed-In] (John Lennon + Yoko Ono, 1969)

Aug

27

white

Bed Peace (1969)

John and Yoko in their bed, dressed in all-white, framed by flowers. DP: Nicholas D. Knowland.

White, in food or fashion*

“Remember love, remember love Love is what it takes to dream”

– Yoko Ono, Remember Love (1969)

While the press expected the newlyweds' “bed-in” to be a scandalous nude affair, the two lovers showed up in all-white – like angels, as John put it. Surrounded by journalists and friends, John and Yoko imaged peace.