Hey how are you? Were you around for the Woodstock music festival in 1969? My parents met there! 
Great! NO, but what history, huh? Its impact is STILL felt. And how cool for your parents! What was their favorite part of the festival?
I think my dad's favorite part was getting to see Jimi Hendrix perform on guitar. My mom's favorite part was meeting my dad!
Very cool and very sweet! I love that it was officially billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" Groovy, baby! Do they have photos?
They were there to have fun, not take photos! I'm sure they would have been interesting, as the event took place on a NY dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains.
A documentary I saw emphasize how *surprised* that farm was at the turnout -- 400,000 people! AND it was raining at least some of the time.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort. Joni Mitchell said, "Woodstock was a spark of beauty" where half-a-million kids "saw that they were part of a greater organism". In 2017, the festival site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In later years, it was revealed that Yasgur was in fact an operative of the Republican Party and actually supported the Vietnam War, which fueled the backdrop of Woodstock.
Planning and preparation.
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