Age at Woodstock: 18

Why he went: Spending the summer before heading to college hitchhiking to concerts.

Why he kept the boots: Sensing the significance of Woodstock, he put them in a plastic bag and then placed them in a trunk in his parents’ basement.

“We were all sitting on the hillside at some point, and we were there really with a lack of food, and every time I turned around, my friend that was with me was eating our weed and I just got really mad at him. Not that there wasn’t enough, and if it was todays’ weed, he probably would’ve been in the hospital tent. But back then it was pretty mild. So I would yell at him and then I would get into the music and I’d turn around and I’d see him eating it.”

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