50 years ago this weekend. An iconic weekend known as woodstock. It took place in bethel, new york. For the next hour on washington journal and live on cspan3, we will look back and exactly what happened and why in the legacy of woodstock 50 years later. And why in the legacy of woodstock 50 years later. Join us is david farber. He is joining us from the university of kansas. Abc newsre is how covered the massive crowd that shutdown at town not far from new york city. The townspeople were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. Something happened, residents freely emptied their cupboards for the kids. Merchants were stunned by their politeness. They are polite kids. They were happy here. I think they are a Wonderful Group of kids. They were patient and courteous and understanding. There was a great deal of apprehension. There was a lot of inconvenience. Because much of the press inerage was so jaundiced what happened, not many people wouldve learned what monticello learned. Pe
Merchants were stunned by their politeness. Polite. That is about what i can say. Did not sell any shoes . Not too many, but they were happy here. I think they are a Wonderful Group of kids. I have never met so many that were so patient, so courteous, and understanding under the conditions we had here the last three days. In the beginning, there was a great deal of apprehension, but right now, i can say that the attitude of the town has changed for these young men and women. They took a lot of aggravation and inconvenience of the average person that they would not take. Unfortunately, because of the press coverage being so jaundiced, not many people would learn what monticello learned. Suffice it to say it was not a disaster area. There were 450,000 young people here with no conveniences, a few police, but no violence, not even arguments in the midst of a 12 hour traffic jam. Abc News Coverage from august of 1969. Joining us from lawrence, kansas, david farber, professor of history at
The traffic was immense. Theeen dark and darman music finally stopped, they disappeared across the country. Thousands remained on the dairy farm, pitching in on the cleanup or waiting on a ride. It is nestled in the heart of the catskills. Biggest town nearby is monticello. People were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. Something happened in monticello. Residents freely emptied their cupboards for the kids. Merchants were stunned by their politeness. They are polite kids. They were happy here. I think they are a Wonderful Group of kids. Ive never met so many kids in such large numbers that were patient and courteous and understanding. There was a great deal of apprehension. I can say the attitude of the town has changed toward these young men and women. There was a lot of inconvenience. Because much of the press coverage was so jaundiced in what happened, not many people wouldve learned what monticello learned. It was not a disaster area. There were 450,000 young people h
As woodstock. It took place in bethel, new york. For the next hour on washington cspan3, welive on will look back and exactly what happened and why in the legacy of woodstock 50 years later. Join us is david farber. He is joining us from the university of kansas. Abc newsre is how covered the massive crowd that shutdown at town not far from new york city. The townspeople were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. Something happened, residents freely emptied their cupboards for the kids. Merchants were stunned by their politeness. They are polite kids. They were happy here. I think they are a Wonderful Group of kids. They were patient and courteous and understanding. There was a great deal of apprehension. There was a lot of inconvenience. Because much of the press inerage was so jaundiced what happened, not many people wouldve learned what monticello learned. Peopleere 450,000 young here. There were no conveniences, no violence. Host abc News Coverage from 1969. Joining us f
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