expanded to include cultural freedom”(Foner‚ E. 2006). The generational rebellion that became to be known as counterculture would soon descend upon the hills of Bethel in upstate New York to what would be “the counterculture’s biggest bash”. The 1969 Woodstock Music Festival forever left a footprint in the lives of all those who had a hand in the staging of the festival‚ whether it be a hippie‚ planner‚ resident‚ or a business owner. It “brought together hundreds of thousands of young people to celebrate
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15-19‚ 1969 was the most historic music festival in history. This festival marked the arrival of the Hippie movement and their ways of expressing themselves in rebellion against mainstream America. Woodstock festival gave power to the youth‚ and united people of all ages‚ races‚ and sexes. Although Woodstock may have seemed to only be a concert of drugs‚ sex‚ and rock and roll‚ it became a historical symbol of cultural and social change that defined the Counter Culture. Joel Rosenman was the musician
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Page 1 of 4 Woodstock Festival was a three day event of music and peace‚ held at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm‚ in the town of Bethel‚ New York. It took place on the dates August 15th-18th‚ 1969. Five hundred thousand people attended the festival‚ watching thirty-two acts perform over the three days. It was the first time that so many people had gathered together to listen to music in an outdoor setting (Articlesbase 2008). Not only did Woodstock Festival play a major role in the influence of music
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Week 2 Family of Woodstock Danielle Alberty University Of Phoenix BSHS 355 The family of Woodstock Inc. was placed for those who were in need‚ knowing the services that are provided for everyone is a plus when dealing with the needs of individuals. Having the experience with dealing with people as well as having the passion to help those in need‚ I know that a legacy of greatness will continue to increase when having the right individuals in the right placed with the correct amount
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Only few days after Woodstock was the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon‚ this was of course went down as one of the most victorious days in American history‚ and a couple days prior to that was the murders of the Manson family. It is easily said that landing on the moon was one of the greatest accomplishments for America. This event is right at the top of the list with events such as The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Obama becoming presedent in 2009‚ and the Emancipation proclamation of 1863. On July
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Woodstock 69 ’ "Three Days of Peace and Music" The Sixties were an exciting revolutionary period with great cultural change. Some people called it the "decade of discontent" due to the race riots in Detroit and LA‚ and the demonstrations against the Vietnam War. Other people called it the decade of "Peace‚ Love‚ and Harmony". The sixties were about assassination‚ unforgettable fashion‚ new styles of music‚ civil rights‚ gay and women ’s liberation‚ Vietnam‚ Neil Armstrong landing
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roll and the "sinful"‚ inappropriate culture that it generated. In 1969 somewhere between 40‚000 and 50‚000 people gathered at Woodstock to celebrate their music‚ their love‚ and their freedom in the concert that has remained one of the most influential events of the 60s. “Some say [Woodstock] symbolized the freedom and idealism of the 1960s. Critics argue that Woodstock represented much of what was wrong with the ’60s: a glorification of drugs‚ a loosening of sexual morality and a socially corrosive
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The festival included three days of drugs‚ music and nonviolence. Woodstock was a product of a partnership between John Roberts‚ Joel Rosenman‚ Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang‚ they had the idea of three days of peace and music. It was originally going to be located in the town of Woodstock‚ New York‚ but was banned one month before it was going to happen. It took place seventy miles from its original destination in Bethel‚ New York on Max Yasgur’s farm in Sullivan County‚ they owned around six
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On August 15th‚ 1969‚ the incredible music festival known as Woodstock had begun. A six hundred acre dairy farm proved to be one very unique venue for thirty-two musical acts and an audience of about half a million people. (The Woodstock festivals) Everything about Woodstock intrigues me. I can’t even try and compare it to what I experienced when I attended Ultra music festival in Miami‚ Florida this past spring. Of course‚ I plan on telling my children about my amazing time at the three day music
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Lyrics and Political Persuasions "Look what’s happening out in the streets!" What better line to characterize the feeling of the Americans throughout the chaos and turmoil of one of the most memorable decades in United States history‚ than this quote in the Jefferson Airplane song "Volunteers?" The people of the time were utterly awestricken by the horrors they were being forced to endure‚ and they decided they would do the best they could to publicize their total disgust for the United States’
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