Historical Marker

Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge

Historical marker location:
Poughkeepsie, New York
Marker installed: 2009

National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

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.