![]() ![]() ![]() Most notably, the latter half of the decade was characterized by a battle of values and a rise in anti - establishment feelings among the nation’s young er citizens. The 1960s featured the ci vil r ights m ovement, the Vietnam War controversy, the 1968 Chicago Riots at the Democratic National Convention, and several high-profile assassinations. Why? Woodstock was the culmination of a decade of unrest and marked the awakening of America’s youth. Yet, it would come to overshadow them all. Woodstock was preceded by the “Summer of Love” in 1967, the Monterey International Pop Music Festival, and the Atlantic City Pop Music Festival. Concertgoers listened to rock music performed by famous acts, experimented with drugs, and abandoned most traditional societal norms while there. About half - a - million people, most under the age of thirty, swarmed Max Yasgur’s fa rm in Bethel, New York, from August 15 th to 17 th to be a part of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The 1960 s counterculture - and perhaps an entire generation - was defined by one historic summer weekend, fifty years ago. ![]()
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