original research or unverified claims what a mess Statements like these litter this article The festival was held during a time of military conflict abroad and racial discord at home and participants quickly became aware that the event had taken on a meaning beyond its original intent The site of Woodstock became for four days a countercultural mini nation Minds were open drugs were used and love was free Yet in tune with the idealistic hopes of the 1960s Woodstock satisfied most attendees A concert hall has been erected up the hill and the fields of the old Yasgur farm are still visited by people of all generations 99 164 68 102