U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for August 14

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for August 14

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14: WOODSTOCK'S 40TH

Profile America -- Friday, August 14th. This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of one of the watershed events of the turbulent decade of the 1960s -- the four-day music festival known as Woodstock. It was held at a rural dairy farm in Bethel, New York. A crowd of up to 200,000 was expected to hear 32 of the top musicians of the time, but estimates of the actual attendance ranged up to a half-million. The size of the crowd created massive traffic jams, and far outstripped the food and sanitation facilities on hand. However, the event was marked by social harmony and is widely considered one of the greatest moments in popular music history. Songs by many of the headliners at Woodstock are still among the more than $10 billion of sound recordings sold each year. Profile America is in its 13th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2009, p. 407
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 1102

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/ (look under the "Newsroom" button).

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