Putnam County Veterans Monument

Historical marker location:

201 Gipsy Trail Road, Carmel, New York

( Memorial can be reached from Gipsy Trail Road (New York State Route 41) 1 mile north of Carmel-Kent Cliffs Road (New York State Route 47), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1997

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.