Historical Marker
Painted Post Memorial
Historical marker location:
South corner of the Village Square, Painted Post, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of Hamilton Street (New York State Route 417) and Water Street, on the left when traveling north on Hamilton Street.)
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.