Remembering Woodstock 50 years later

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‘This world-renowned, historically significant, massive, three-day pinnacle of 1960s counterculture momentum would never have happened if it weren't for Max Yasgur and his supportive wife, Miriam. For him, it was all worth it — and instilled in him a sense of optimism about the young generation he'd welcomed onto his farm.

"You've proven something to the world," he told the audience on the last day. "That a half a million kids, and I call you kids because I have children who are older than you are, a half a million young people can get together and have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music. And God bless you for it!"

Of course, The New York Times begged to differ in its coverage following the festival. The editorial section called the three-day event "an outrageous episode," and asked, "What kind of culture it is that can produce so colossal a mess?"

Max Yasgur told the massive crowd on his property that they proved to the world that their generation could come together in droves to celebrate and not cause the kind of mayhem that older generations anticipated.

And now, 50 years later, a "mess" is hardly the legacy of Woodstock. Instead, it's a historic, watershed moment that represents the zenith of a particular culture and captures a specific moment of time that will never be replicated in quite that way ever again.

Today, after a half-century, you can go up on a hill at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and stand on the hallowed ground where the 1969 Woodstock festival took place. The center opened in 2006 with an outdoor concert venue and a 1960s museum.

Some of the acts who performed at the Woodstock 1969 have returned to play shows in the decades since. Some died before they got the chance. Generations have come and gone since that one magnificent weekend in the summer of 1969.

For most of us, it's always been mere legend — one we couldn't see, touch, or be a part of. But for a few hundred thousand lucky people, it was the greatest moment of their lives — a moment that left a mark on history that remains as indelible as ever 50 years later.’ (Source)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtSfk_okLgM

Well Woodstock turned out to be an event changer. A lot of things were going on at that time. Yeti wonders how many community members remember that time frame.

“Elsa, when you post the story let’s post a message in the Player’s Corner,” says Yeti. “Let’s find out if anyone has memories from that time and maybe they’d like to share it with us.”

Great idea!

And now this story comes to an end!

Start at the beginning – Tiffi and Yeti learn about Woodstock