Looking Back at the 2020 ‘Summer of Love,’ Major Lessons Emerge

“For the thousands who came to Peace Arch Park in the summer of 2020 as the COVID-19 virus was spreading across the world, it would come to be known as the ‘Summer of Love.’” An excerpt from Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman’s new book, ‘When the World Closed Its Doors: The COVID-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders.’ Edward Alden is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Laurie Trautman is the director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. They are co-authors of When the World Closed Its Doors: The COVID-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders, published by Oxford University Press. Published Feb. 14, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/02/14/Looking-Back-2020-Summer-Love/