After the festival had been kicked out of Wallkill, NY by the citizens there who passed an ordinance disallowing any gathering of more than 5,000 people, it came to rest on Max Yasgur's dairy farm of 600 acres in nearby Bethel, NY. Yasgur was a dyed-in-the-wool law and order Republican and believed in free speech and wanted to provide something that would allow the promoters to have their festival. His farm boasted 600 acres and part of the acreage resembled a natural amphitheater so it turned out to be perfect.

Young people descended on the area days and weeks ahead of the event. There were major problems as can be expected when a crowd of 150,000 expected audience ballooned to nearly 400,000. It became a logistical nightmare where everything was in serious short supply: food, bathroom facilities, and much more. However, nudity and drugs were in plenty. Numerous young men commented that they had never seen so many nude breasts outside of Playboy magazine. Hedonism in America had unofficially begun.

I find it fascinating that no one thought of bringing their own food for three days and nights, but drugs? No problem. Plentiful.

I guess people expected everything to either be available for a price or handed out free. No prior planning was done by attendees of the festival. Did socialism get a bump up at Woodstock as well? Seems so, because ultimately, the promoters decided to not charge people for the festival entrance and food was actually handed out free of charge (to the attendees).

Woodstock was the lightning rod for that particular generation of people disillusioned with war and conservative politics. America's "imperialism" must be stopped at all costs! They certainly make a point, but the truth is that it has not been "America" based on the Constitution that's been using imperialism throughout the world. It's the clandestine ABC agencies like the CIA that have been doing that and wreaking havoc not only on foreign nations but on America itself. Shortly after JFK threatened to destroy the CIA, he was assassinated. What does that tell you?

Though a form of Leftism has existed for centuries, Woodstock seemed to coalesce Leftism and push it to the front, giving it new power. Young folks believed that drugs should be cheap or free and readily available as well as "love" (sex between consenting adults). In fact, this is the main reason that the townspeople of Wallkill didn't want the festival there because of those "hippies" with their drugs and casual sex.