Woodstock
On this day in 1969, hundreds of thousands gathered on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y., to begin “three days of peace and music.” BETHEL, N.Y.—Joe Cocker’s band at Woodstock, 1969.
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Book of the Week  RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray  © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. The more I work, the more I realize that the viewer is the only actor in the creation of meaning in a picture. And I like that. Lise Sarfati |
