The Effects Of Woodstock On The Counter Culture

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Woodstock had many effects on the counter culture around it. Some historic events covered in this paper include the Stonewall riots, the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon, and the murders of the Manson family. The outbursts of emotion coming from the public started to die down and disintegrate after the festival. Many said this mutism was a result of Woodstock coming to an end. Of course they didn’t call Woodstock “3 Days of Peace and Music” for nothing. One of the most major events that went on just a few days before woodstock was the Stonewall Riots. New York papers instead called it the Stonewall uprising, not the Stonewall riot, the reasoning behind this was because it played out as a six day streak of fights between young gay, lesbian,

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