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FailureToCommunicate

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9. I was eleven years old at the March on Washington 1963. ML King's speach was

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 14, 2019, 11:14 PM

Aug 2019

powerful and unforgetable...

OF COURSE it's better to attend important events rather than just sit on a couch and watch it on TV.

I was just trying to say to the -seemingly- zillions of people lately that regret not having gone to Woodstock, that in that case the

"wonder" of the event has been overly romanticized in the decades since.

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WOODSTOCK: Three Days That Defined A Generation, 50th Anniv. Aug. 15-18, 1969 [View all] appalachiablue Aug 2019 OP

Country Joe, Anti-Vietnam War Song, Woodstock Aug. 1969 appalachiablue Aug 2019 #1

We still have the tickets. Mr I_T_W arrived 0n 8/14/69. In_The_Wind Aug 2019 #2

Terrific, how lucky you folks are to have experienced appalachiablue Aug 2019 #3

I went, with a couple of my brothers and a new girlfriend. It was not much "peace and music" as FailureToCommunicate Aug 2019 #4

I didn't go but I was on the east coast Mr.Bill Aug 2019 #6

Yup. Well if those people KEPT their tickets... FailureToCommunicate Aug 2019 #7

Incredible post appalachiablue Aug 2019 #8

So if you don't get a good place or seat, can't see or hear well appalachiablue Aug 2019 #5

I was eleven years old at the March on Washington 1963. ML King's speach was FailureToCommunicate Aug 2019 #9

Like millions of others I'm appreciating not 'romanticizing' anything. appalachiablue Aug 2019 #10

I'm currently listening to the 38 CD archive of the event. The King of Prussia Sep 2019 #11