Woodstock - 40 years Traditional Geocache

   Woodstock was initiated through the efforts of Michael Lang,    John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld.

   Around 186,000 tickets were sold beforehand and organizers anticipated approximately 200,000 festival-goers would turn up

   The influx of attendees to the rural concert site in Bethel created a massive traffic jam. Arlo Guthrie made an announcement that was included in the film that the New York State Thruway was closed. The director of the Woodstock museum discussed below said this never occurred. The facilities were not equipped to provide sanitation or first aid for the number of people attending; hundreds of thousands found themselves in a struggle against bad weather, food shortages, and poor sanitation.

   Yet, in tune with the idealistic hopes of the 1960s, Woodstock satisfied most attendees. There was a sense of social harmony, the quality of music, and the overwhelming mass of people, many sporting bohemian dress, behavior, and attitudes.

   After the concert Max Yasgur, who owned the site of the event, saw it as a victory of peace and love. He spoke of how nearly half a million people filled with possibilities of disaster, riot, looting, and catastrophe spent the three days with music and peace on their minds. He states that "if we join them, we can turn those adversities that are the problems of America today into a hope for a brighter and more peaceful future...”

   Source: Wikipedia

 This cache will guide you to a place where you can see an old wood stock.