Historical Marker
St. Lawrence Academy
Historical marker location:
Potsdam, New York
( Marker is on Union Street, 0.1 miles north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1916
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.