Sam Yasgur allowed the Woodstock Festival to take place on his land. The concert had just been barred from taking place at the Orange County town of Wallkill, NY. The Woodstock Festival took place from August 15 to 17, 1969. Yasgur went on to become an attorney at Hall Dickler, and also served as Westchester County Attorney. Yasgur wrote a book about his father, "Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock Festival’s Famous Farmer", which was self-published in August 2009. Sam Yasgur Samuel S. Yasgur (January 9, 1942 – June 23, 2016) was an attorney; Sullivan County, New York official; and the son of
Max S. Hayes High School Max S. Hayes High School Max S. Hayes High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school is a career training school with several vocational and career-based programs. The current location on West 65th Street opened in August 2015, replacing the previous facility on Detroit Avenue, which opened in 1957. Max S. Hayes High School is named in honor of Max S. Hayes, a longtime Cleveland newspaper editor, labor activist, and 1920 vice presidential candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party. The school was also the first