1969 was an year that will always be remembered for not only its great impact in the American society but in the whole world. A variety of important things happened in that year.It was marked by one of the most important moments of the Cold War due to the controversial Vietnam War; Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, which passed the message that “anything is possible, if people want it”; the American society was still living an intense period of racial conflicts, and feeling the impacts of the strong growth of counter culture movements, the Hippies. In August of 1969, the Woodstock Festival happened and due to its historical moment, the festival was able to gather more than half million people with very similar values and ideals. It was clear …show more content…
The festival starred great musicians, some of whom are no longer in this world such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and some whom are still here like Neil Young and Santana. Surprisingly for the organizers of the event, more than half million showed up and end up casting down the fence of the farm and thus making it a free event. At the moment that those young people tore down the fences, they were not only destroying the festival barriers, but barriers of oppression and discrimination. Which could not be seen with the physical vision through people's eyes but felt through a behavioral analysis of that generation and types of discrimination faced at that time. They wanted to prove that the world could be a better place, and changes needed to happen. According to the article, “ Statement on the Historical and Cultural Significance of the 1969 Woodstock Festival Site”, written by Michael Wm. Doyle, “Woodstock is that in a time of military conflict abroad, racial and ethnic strife at home, when a deep social division known as the “generation gap” separated parent from children, a half a million mostly young people removed themselves from proximity to these conflicts and went “back to the garden” to “try and set their souls free” (Doyle). The festival starred one of the largest lineup of popular music talent ever showcased …show more content…
The fight for African-American civil rights had been forestalled after the death of its most important leader, Martin Luther King. Both factors contributed to big riots and thousands of people protesting in the streets, which consequently influenced a generation’s perspective of the world. Moreover, Woodstock symbolized the peak of the Hippie movement and held ideals like “Make love, not wars”, “Peace and Love”, and “Ways to open the doors of perception”. That new generation of young people was in a search for changes, not wars, not violence, they sought mainly peace and freedom. They wanted changes in the American nation, changes in the way of thinking and in old and traditional paradigms full of taboos and prejudices. People who attended Woodstock wanted not only to enjoy the great music, but freedom from arrests of conservatism, and peace without limits nor barriers. They wanted to change the