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50th Anniversary of Woodstock today.
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Sep 21, 2019 19:15:34   #
debeda
 
EmilyD wrote:
I was there. I had just graduated from high school in 1969, lived in MA and a friend asked if anyone wanted to take off to NY to a "folk festival". We packed overnight bags and five of us jumped into a van and drove to upstate NY ... but my friend was told by his friend who lived near Bethel that we should drive north instead of south of the town because there "might" be traffic problems. We parked our van in the driveway of a farmer about 2 miles north of the site of the concert...the farmer said you kids take care and come back here if you need help.

We hiked south towards the site of the concert - about a mile or two - and stopped.....amazed.....at the wall, or sea, or wh**ever your brain labels 500,000 people gathered together. My mind is still trying to wrap around what I saw that day. Half a million people sitting, standing, milling around and waiting peacefully for something to happen....and then Richie Havens took the stage.....the rest is a blur. My 18-year-old friends and I were overwhelmed and we decided that on Saturday morning we would leave when it started to rain. Turns out it was just a short shower unlike the rain that fell on Sunday, but we were much younger than most of the attendees, and felt vulnerable. We hiked back to the van and sat mesmerized by what we just saw...there's no way to describe how it looked unless you were there. I've been at concerts that have thousands of folks...but I will never forget what half a million people gathered together without any conflicts or hatred looked like.

This is going to sound strange, but Trump's rally's reminds me of the feeling I had when I was at Woodstock. People look so happy at his rally's and no violence. He loves America, like Jimmy Hendrix did when he closed out Woodstock with his rendition of the National Anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwIymq0iTsw
I was there. I had just graduated from high school... (show quote)


I also graduated in 69, Emily but I lived in the Chicago area so we only heard about it after the fact. You are lucky to have experienced at least some of it! And I agree that President Trump draws people together

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Sep 21, 2019 19:15:56   #
debeda
 
proud republican wrote:
In 1969 i was only 5 yrs old and still lived in then Soviet Union....But i have heard of Woodsuck..I also heard that many people got pregnant there too...Is that true???


Probably

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Sep 21, 2019 19:26:49   #
Tug484
 
debeda wrote:
Probably

I don't know if it's true, but probably.
I've seen pictures of them looking stoned and covered from one end to the other with mud.

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Sep 21, 2019 19:28:23   #
debeda
 
Tug484 wrote:
I don't know if it's true, but probably.
I've seen pictures of them looking stoned and covered from one end to the other with mud.


Yep, I e seen the same

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Sep 21, 2019 19:31:02   #
Tug484
 
debeda wrote:
Yep, I e seen the same

They sure looked happy, though.

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Sep 21, 2019 20:03:54   #
debeda
 
Tug484 wrote:
They sure looked happy, though.


Yes, they do. To be fair, tho, some of that was better living through chemicals

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Sep 21, 2019 20:17:40   #
Tug484
 
debeda wrote:
Yes, they do. To be fair, tho, some of that was better living through chemicals


Yes. That was in my time and in our town, we didn't even go for the hippie stuff.
I had no interest in things like that.

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Sep 21, 2019 20:33:00   #
debeda
 
Tug484 wrote:
Yes. That was in my time and in our town, we didn't even go for the hippie stuff.
I had no interest in things like that.


Nor did I.

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Sep 21, 2019 20:37:46   #
Tug484
 
debeda wrote:
Nor did I.



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