WOODSTOCK REPORT
Bethel, New York
as of August 26, 1998
Woodstock
Chain of Title
29th
annual reunion of the Woodstock Nation
August
14-16, 1998
Thousands
FREELY assembled for a Spirit-filled Woodstock
at
Max Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, New York
up
the road from the commercial concert at the Woodstock site
Thanks
to owner, Roy Howard and his wife Jeryl Abramson!
That's
the homestead of the late Max Yasgur, where the contract was signed with
Woodstock Ventures to lease 200 of his 1100 acre farm for a concert.
Max's
homestead was bought from Miriam Yasgur by Roy Howard in 1984.
His
dream has been to use the property to create a museum and entertainment
center in honour of Max Yasgur. Roy refurbished the barn in 1996 for indoor
concerts. He had Jewel Eggink
paint famous musicians, most of them Woodstock performers, on 14 windows
and installed them in the barn.
The
200 acres which Woodstock Ventures leased for the concert, located on three
corners of Hurd Road and West Shore Drive, became the site of the historic
1969 Woodstock Festival, and is now occupied by the town of Bethel and
G F Entertainment. G F stands for Gerry Foundation, which was formed in
December of 1997 to control the Woodstock site.
This
August G F Entertainment entered into a contract with the town of Bethel's
Bethel Local Development Corporation (BLDC) to hold a commercial concert
and for the first time since 1969 erected a gate and charged money for
a ticket.
See
Ken Stone's photos
of
the site from his parents' visit there July 4th.
Here's an earlier detailed report:
June 22, 1998 - A stage area has been
created at the historic 1969 site at Hurd Road and West Shore Drive.
A splitrail fence has been erected around the
site with gates at the entrances. The dirt road on the site that was created
by the public's use is now a cement driveway.
Tourists, pilgrims, and locals still visit
the site daily but we don't know when that will be disrupted.
The Woodstock Nation Foundation will continue
on the legal front to attempt to secure your right to continue to freely
assemble there anytime.
That's the report up to now!
Check back often because changes
happen fast!
If You would like to help us...
Please contribute to our legal
fund.
Donations are to be made payable
directly to the
Woodstock Nation Foundation,
Inc.
If you are interested in contributing
please contact us.
We need funds to accomplish
our task.
(For some reason everyone thinks that the
500,000+ people who attended the Woodstock Festival in 1969 are going to
come to the rescue... Maybe... someday soon.)
MEANWHILE...
FREE ASSEMBLY AT THE WOODSTOCK
SITE IS GOING TO BE HISTORY INSTEAD OF REALITY
IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING
QUICK!!!
This
link will show you how
the
Woodstock site
has
been desecrated with concrete.
Don't
they care that this is a place where a mother spread her child's ashes
and
many more have done the same? This is a sacred place to many.
Check
out this report to see work area on the map.
June
25, 1998
Yasgur
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