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A Look at Woodstock

Imagine a rock concert with nearly half a million people present. An unorganized event that created chaos, one of the nation's worst traffic jams, and a place in history. Woodstock lasted three days during which there was insufficient food, toilets, medical care, security and drug problems. Woodstock is the most famous of all rock fests, a symbol for the youth culture of the 1960s. It was the last gasp of youthful idealism and a symbolic high point for the 1960s generation.
Woodstock had all different types of people present. There were anti-war protesters, Vietnam veterans, anti-gays, gays and lesbians, legalize drug advocates, ban drug advocates, anti-government advocates, and pro-government advocates, just to say a few. However, there were only two deaths, according to police reports. (Utopian Sound Associates, ) Thousands of people left Woodstock with a very different outlook on life.
The music began on Friday afternoon, August 15 and continued until......

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