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When Woodstock festival happened, the owner of the farm, Max Yasgur, realized just how many people were coming and how ill-prepared they were and so he instructed his kids to give away all the dairy and water to the festival goers. Here’s the speech he gave.
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His speech
>I’m a farmer…(interrupted by a cheer from the audience)…
I don’t know how to speak to twenty people at one time, let alone a crowd like this. But I think you people have proven something to the world — not only to the Town of Bethel, or Sullivan County, or New York State; you’ve proven something to the world. This is the largest group of people ever assembled in one place. We have had no idea that there would be this size group, and because of that you’ve had quite a few inconveniences as far as water, food, and so forth. Your producers have done a mammoth job to see that you’re taken care of… they’d enjoy a vote of thanks. But above that, the important thing that you’ve proven to the world is that a half a million kids — and I call you kids because I have children that are older than you are — a half million young people can get together and have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music, and I – God Bless You for it!”
That is soo cool. Couldn’t imagine being there let alone on stage talking to everyone. Bless that mans heart
this is very beautiful, thanks for sharing!!! <3
So dope man.. Wish i can time travel back to this festival and experience it
If you haven’t looked into the hog farm it’s a pretty interesting side of Woodstock. There is a documentary on Netflix about the festival that goes into detail about how the group called Hog Farm (a nomadic hippy commune hired for security) helped feed 400,000 people on the fly. They essentially created a massive soup kitchen and fed everyone for free. And who led all of this madness? A trip of fella named Wavy Gravy! If you haven’t seen the movie I highly recommend it.