The Significance of The Woodstock Music Festival

     Known as “the most famous event in rock history”, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair took place on a 600-acre farm in the township of Bethel, New York from August 15-18 in 1969. The 60s was a time where racial issues were growing and affected everyone. Segregation, desegregation, marches in Washington and sit-in at our schools. Our world needed to become equal. The world was out of control and everyone was angry about something. It wasn’t until a 3 day music festival was planned, that the world was changed forever. This music festival change our culture, politically and socially, as much as musically. In my opinion, the Woodstock festival was a key component to our culture, and changed our country for the better. A few years ago, a documentary was published and is considered to be “culturally significant” by the Library of Congress. I believe that if this festival was such a key component of history, why does it have negative views by people today, and why isn’t something like this addressed in history books? Why is it that we must learn year after year about wars our country has faced and presidents who have taken office, but we have yet to learn about the very pieces of history that shaped our culture today. Being a music lover, I think teaching this would spark a lot of interest in young people everywhere.

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