A poster advertises Woodstock, a multi-day music festival that started on Aug. 15, 1969, in Bethel, N.Y. Such musical acts as the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix performed at Woodstock.
A poster advertises Woodstock, a multi-day music festival that started on Aug. 15, 1969, in Bethel, N.Y. Such musical acts as the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix performed at Woodstock.
Woodstock began on Aug. 15, 1969, on a 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y., with over 400,000 people attending the multi-day event that included performances from 32 different musical acts.
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