Bender Melons

Historical marker location:

New Scotland, New York

( Marker is on Maple Road (New York State Route 85A), on the right when traveling west.)

The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.