<p>LBJ wasn’t at Woodstock, and Richard Nixon was president the summer of 1969 when the Woodstock event took place. I sure don’t think Nixon was at Woodstock either!</p>
<p>Ahhh, 1969…after the the summer of love in SF in 1968 things really changed for so many young people in the US. Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jimmy Hendrix… I was 17 in 1969…those were the days…</p>
<p>I was only six and about to start first grade so no Woodstock for me. My oldest sister was still too young to go. I remember the sixties but barely.</p>
<p>Oh I still think the walk on the moon was far more impressive to me then and now.</p>
<p>I shook hands with Nixon. It was sweaty.</p>
<p>I went to the peace marches in DC, incl the one when he watched football. That count?</p>
<p>I was 15 and lived a long way from NY, but would have loved to have gone. I guess that’s why i have so much fun at Bonnaroo.
I shook hands with Al Gore.</p>
<p>I was 21 and didn’t go. My good friend did and the only thing she talked about afterwards was what a drag the rain and the mud was.</p>
<p>I was at summer camp, so no. But, that same summer Janis Joplin did a concert at BU Stadium and my parents, always curious, went with their friend’s hippie son. My mother got into a discussion with the young people in front of her about why they smoked dope. They asked her about smoking cigarettes. Guess who ended up trying what? Not Woodstock, but a great summer of 1969 story.</p>
<p>“This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius…”
“Born free…”
“I’m leavin’ on a jet-plane…”
Summer of '69, right?
(I was away at camp, age 11)</p>
<p>I’m an oldie. This was one more instance of me making the wrong choice. I went week before to concert in Newport, and covered for fellow waittress the next weekend when she went to Woodstock.</p>
<p>My DH went. We have his tickets and an original poster framed for display in our living room here in England.
The kids (adult now) and I have for many years played the “Woodstock game” with DH. The game can only begin if one of the Woodstock performers is mentioned on the radio or television. Following a wink from me, one of the kids says something like: “Hhmmm, Janis Joplin. Dad…didn’t she play at Woodstock?” Cue an enthusiastic response from DH describing the time she came on, what she played, what the weather was like etc. The winner is whoever can hold on longest from laughing. The game always ends with DH saying:“Ah, you guys…you got me again.”
We love him.</p>
<p>I was there. I still have the ticket since they never collected it. It was a $7 ticket and it is stamped “sold at discount $6.50.” My most vivid memory, being in the Porta Potty when Joan Baez sang “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night.” Oh, and I was 17. I told my parents I was going to a Music and Arts Fair and they let me take the car and my mom packed me a picnic.</p>
<p>Somehow DH got in without a ticket.</p>
<p>I was too young then. But pathetic story: a few weeks ago, DH & I took a road trip vacation exploring upstate NY. First stop: Woodstock. Because we honestly thought that was where the concert had been and wouldn’t it be fun to check that out? Turns out, concert wasn’t actually IN Woodstock. Who knew? We felt really stupid. Town sure tries hard tho: tie dye everywhere!</p>
<p>Woodstock took place at Max Yasgur’s farm in the town of Bethel, NY.</p>
<p>Hence, the Mountain song titled ‘For Yasgur’s Farm’.</p>
<p>I was 6yo, so no. But being that age at that time made Woodstock seem really scary to me. I think it’s why I never did drugs. The Summer of Love, Woodstock, Charles Manson – all seemed scary and drug-fueled to a little kid.</p>
<p>Scary is if we forget that about 500,000 young American soldiers were in Vietnam while Woodstock was going on. About 100 GI’s died in Vietnam during the 3 or 4 days of Woodstock. 1969 was a tormented year for America.</p>
<p>My dad was in the military at the time so I was living that fear. I just think it’s interesting for those who were 16-24 at the time to look back fondly and to contrast that to the views of a little military brat for whom it wasn’t a time to cherish.</p>
<p>Sorry if I’ve turned this thread into a downer. I do love the music of the time!</p>
<p>^ I don’t think it’s one way or the other. People are capable of looking back at the joy as well as the sorrow. See my post #15.</p>