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 16 of 1969 three
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12/9/10 Counterculture Essay: Woodstock‚ 1969 When one thinks of hippie movement of the 1960s‚ a few things come to mind: namely free love‚ drugs‚ and rock-n-roll. These things represented the counterculture of the time‚ in which the youth of the nation we rebelling against the stricter conservative values of their parents’ generation. All this came to a peak for three days in the summer of 1969‚ near the little town of Bethel‚ New York‚ in what was called the Woodstock Festival. Few would know
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Tiffany Kelly Instructor Delaney College Writing II MW 12:00 1 April 2013 Woodstock Woodstock of 1969 was also known as Three Days of Peace and Music. Woodstock was a three-day music festival held in Bethel‚ New York‚ on a 600-acre farm. The three-day outdoor music festival extended in both physical size and historical magnitude. An estimated half a million hippies gathered on the 600-acre dairy farm. Woodstock of 1969 showed peace‚ love and music with surprisingly no violence at all. Some of the
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Woodstock was a three-day outdoor festival of peace‚ love‚ and music in the summer of 1969 in Bethel‚ New York. But it was more than just a rock music festival; it symbolized the developing counterculture of the 1960s. Over the course of the weekend‚ thirty-two bands performed in front of an enormous group of youthful people. There were about 500‚000 people that attended Woodstock through the rainstorms and mud puddles. It was the first concert to have that kind of crowd. It is recalled as having
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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 their alternative lifestyle and independence from adult authority.” (Foner‚ E. 2006). On August 15 to August 18‚ 1969‚ more than 450‚000 people gathered on Max Yasgure’s pasture
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A Brief History of Rock and Roll and The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 Throughout history‚ major social transformations have taken place that has changed how people perceive themselves and the world around them. With each social reformation‚ cultural forms and institutions also change as well as their meanings. For Example‚ the development of recording and electronic communication within United States capitalism spurred the unique coming together of music traditions in twentieth century United
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In 1969‚ the United States was in uproar from the Vietnam War for the violence abroad and millions of deaths and for the violence at home in response to the war. Thousands of young men and women took their stand through rallies‚ protests‚ and concerts. These young Americans who opposed the war made up a significant portion of the population: by the end of the 1960s‚ half of the American population was under the age of twenty five and forty percent of that population was seventeen years old or younger
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Historical context: This song is also meant to be a protest song of the vietnam war‚ with the final lyrics referring to music‚ large crowds‚ rain‚ and the crowds trying to keep warm being about the band’s experience at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The song’s overall topical appeal made it unusual in the time of its release and it helps it stay popular 40 years later. There is also a line in the song’s second verse about "five-year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains" that can
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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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decrease‚ with the dawn of rock and 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
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