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 minination Minds were open drugs were used and love was free  Yet in tune with the idealistic hopes of the s 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