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Woodstock museum will stay open | Woodstock museum will stay open |
(about 6 hours later) | |
A museum dedicated to the famous hippie music festival Woodstock will open despite losing $1 million (£485,000) in government funding. | A museum dedicated to the famous hippie music festival Woodstock will open despite losing $1 million (£485,000) in government funding. |
The Museum at Bethel Woods is due to open next year in the upstate New York town where organisers put on the three-day event in 1969. | The Museum at Bethel Woods is due to open next year in the upstate New York town where organisers put on the three-day event in 1969. |
The museum is being built on top of the hill near where the stage was located. | The museum is being built on top of the hill near where the stage was located. |
Thousands of people visit the site each year, where a stone monument is currently the only marker. | Thousands of people visit the site each year, where a stone monument is currently the only marker. |
'Peace and love' | 'Peace and love' |
Politicians voted to strip the $1 million funding sought by New York Senators Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer for the museum. | Politicians voted to strip the $1 million funding sought by New York Senators Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer for the museum. |
Bethel Woods has already received $15 million (£7.3m) in state funding. | Bethel Woods has already received $15 million (£7.3m) in state funding. |
The Woodstock festival was billed as "three days of peace and love". | The Woodstock festival was billed as "three days of peace and love". |
Aside from the drugs, mud and rain, there were career-defining performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and a myriad of others. |
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