This banner embraces the efforts that were put forth prior to the evolution of historic preservation. The Woodstock Preservation Alliance is the banner which the Preservationists stood under throughout their efforts for the historic preservation of the Woodstock Site. The "Dove Behind the Fence" was a signature logo used by the Woodstock Preservationists to raise awareness and the chain-link fence is symbolic of the fact that the privilege to walk freely on the Woodstock Site, is no longer allowed.

 
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Dedicated to the Historic Preservation of the Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
THE WOODSTOCK SITE  
Hurd & West Shore Rd.  
Sullivan County  
Bethel  NY

 

 

Artie Kornfeld 

The Pied Piper of Woodstock  

For Kornfeld, Woodstock wasn't a matter of building stages, signing acts or even selling tickets.  For him, the festival was always a state of mind, a happening that would exemplify the generation.

(Excerpt: How Woodstock Happened…Part 1    By: Elliot Tiber)

 

        

Statement from Artie Kornfeld, in support of the preservation of the Woodstock Site, presented to the Bethel Planning Board during the Public Hearing - 9 March 2004

STATEMENT FROM MR. ARTIE KORNFELD  (transcribed from audio tape)

AUDIO STATEMENT in mp3 format

 

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FROM:  ARTIE KORNFELD

TO:  WPA AND THE ENTIRE WOODSTOCK NATION.

" THAT PIECE OF GROUND WE MADE INTO THE GREATEST PEACEFUL EVENT IN HISTORY HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM US. WE CANNOT WALK ON THE GROUNDS OR EVEN TOUCH THE MONUMENT, WITHOUT PAYING, FOR SOMETHING MICHAEL, JOHN, JOEL AND I INVITED YOU TO COME TO. 35 YEARS LATER OUR HEARTS AND SOUL ARE BEING BURIED THERE AT OUR OWN WOUNDED KNEE, I WILL NOT LET THE LOSS OF A PIECE OF HALLOWED GROUND CORRUPT MY INNER BEING, AND I WILL ALONG WITH YOU ALL, HOLD OUR GROUND, METAPHORICALLY, IN HISTORY AND IN OUR INNER BEINGS FOR ETERNITY. THEY WILL NOT LIVE RENT FREE IN OUR MINDS BECAUSE OF A FENCE.

WHILE IN ALBANY I WAS APPROACHED BY THE GERRY FOUNDATION, AND WAS VERY COMRADE-LIKE SHOWN THE PLANS BY JONATHON DRAPKIN AND ROBIN GERRY. WHEN I GOT BACK TO FLORIDA I SPOKE TO JON, THE RIGHT HAND, AND THEN TRIED TO REACH A VERY FRIENDLY ROBIN. I RECEIVED NO RETURN, SO I HAD NO CHANCE FOR LAST MINUTE SALVO ON A PERSONAL LEVEL WITH HER. I HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO THE CEREMONIES THAT SITS NOT FRAMED UNDER A PILE OF BILLS.

WE HAVE WON ALTHOUGH OUTWARDLY IMPERIALISM GOES FOREWARD. INSIDE WE ARE "THE WOODSTOCK NATION" AND I FOR ONE WILL NEVER GIVE UP, AS CO-CREATOR AND PROMOTER, MY PART OF OUR NATION I HOLD DEARLY. SOUR GRAPES AT THIS POINT ARE TO NO AVAIL. STAND PROUD OF YOUR INSPIRING FIGHT. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS.


ARTIE KORNFELD  

 

Sign the Petition to have Artie Kornfeld inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

 

THE PIED PIPER OF WOODSTOCK

By: Artie Kornfeld

Forty years ago, amidst the decadence and destruction of a nation at war, civil unrest, and political dissention, the most sensational and romanticized event known to mankind was orchestrated by Artie Kornfeld and his partners in Woodstock Ventures. This is the life of a New York archetypal bad boy -- a believer who saw music as the universal solvent for global rapport and acceptance and used his ability to unite the masses.
 

Artie Kornfeld displaying his book "30 Years of Peace & Music & Other Things"

 

The 

ARTIE KORNFELD SHOW

 (ArtistFirst.com)

Tuesday Evenings, 10PM, EDT

Listen to it at ArtistFirst.com

 

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Artie Kornfeld and Bert Sommers

  Bert Sommer (L) shows Artie Kornfeld lyrics he wrote at Woodstock for "We're All Playing in the Same Band"

Photo Courtesy: Victor Kahn

 

 

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