To mark the 56th anniversary of Woodstock – which ran from Aug. 15 to 18 – we revisit Zoomer contributor Brian D. Johnson’s 2019 story reflecting on the iconic rock festival’s 50th anniversary.

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Fifty years ago, one of the most iconic music festivals took place on a patch of farmland in White Lake, New York. The Woodstock Music & Art Fair — which would later go down in history as simply ...