Woodstock Music Festival, 1969
The Woodstock Music Festival, which took place in August 1969 in Bethel, New York, attracted a massive crowd of people.
The festival was billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music," and it drew an estimated 400,000 people to the site. The festival was held on a 600-acre dairy farm owned by Max Yasgur, and the attendees set up campsites throughout the area. Despite the challenges of managing such a large crowd, the organizers of Woodstock were able to create an atmosphere of community and togetherness that helped to make the event a defining moment in American cultural history.
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