The legendary 'Message Tree,' a towering red maple that served as a communication hub for concertgoers at the 1969 Woodstock festival, was cut down Wednesday due to its deteriorating health and safety risks. Although beloved by many as a symbol of the community forged during the iconic event, operators of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts decided the tree posed a danger in its publicly accessible area.
The Message Tree , a tree at the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival used by concertgoers as a sort of message board, is cut down Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., site of the storied 1969 concert and arts festival.
Fifty-five years after Woodstock, the Message Tree was cut down under rainy skies Wednesday due to its poor health and safety concerns. In an age before cellphones, the 60-foot tree by the information booth helped people in the festival’s sea of humanity connect with each other. Hitch noted that it has since stood as a tangible link to the historic event that drew more than 400,000 people to Max Yasgur’s dairy farm some 80 miles northwest of New York City over the rainy, chaotic weekend.
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