Historical Marker
"Lest We Forget"
Historical marker location:
Gouverneur, New York
( Memorial is at the intersection of Church Street and John Street, on the left when traveling east on Church Street.)
Marker installed: 1905
Our Nation's Defenders. 1805 1905.
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.