Charlie Payne - Assignment 4

     The 1960's was a decade ripe with counterculture movements, whether it be something as earth-shattering as the Civil Rights Movement or as controversial and unorganized as the hippie movement, but all these things came to an apex in 1969, the year of Woodstock. "Three Days of Peace and Music"can be found on t-shirts in Wal-Marts everywhere, but it isn't immediately obvious why the festival is so famous and important. Sure, almost every great musician of the 60's played there, from Hendrix to the Who to Ravi Shankar, etc, but more important than the actual content of the festival was the attitude of the festival. With the war in Vietnam still going on and the protests of that being met with violence across the U.S., Woodstock's attitude of free love and peace on earth was refreshing and highly influential to anyone who attended. Joints were passed and acid orange juice was consumed, but in the end the people's willingness to love and accept everyone of all races and to be non-judgemental was really where the counterculture shone through.