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Old 08-16-2019, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by metalheart View Post
There was a lot of memorable and forgetabble music and an expression of one view of that generation. During the same time, August 15-18, there were about 109 American deaths in Vietnam. I will never be able to forget the juxtaposition of those two occurrences. Jimmy Hendrix was amazing.
It is amazing to me that with an estimated attendance of 400,000, with some pretty bad weather, and lots of drugs, there was not a single reported violent incident.

Here's a funny cartoon by Bramhall from today NY Daily News.
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