It took 50 years for Jerry and Judy Griffin to find a photograph of their first meeting. That’s especially astonishing when you consider that they met during the 1969 Woodstock Festival, one of the most photographed events of the 1960s.
Photo: Screenshot from American Experience | PBS, Footage Courtesy of Warner Brothers Entertainment
GOING TO THE FARM
On August 15, 1969, Judy was one on her way to the dairy farm where Woodstock was taking place. When her car broke down, she and her friends accepted a ride from a group of guys that included Jerry.
Both were 22 years old.
PEACE, LOVE AND ROMANCE
It was a festival of love, and they fell in love that day. Even more astonishing, they are still happily married today.
Judy and Jerry Griffin now, at their home in Manhattan Beach | Ben Trivett
As Judy says, “By the time we got out of the car and set up camp, we were into each other, and we basically were together from that point on.”
Since then, friends and family members have asked to see photographs of the couple at Woodstock, but despite years of searching, they could never find any. One day, they attended a screening of the 2019 PBS documentary Woodstock and were astonished to finally see themselves in a brief film clip.
A LOVE THAT LASTED
You can see them in the first few minutes of the trailer for the PBS documentary. They’re the smiling young couple wrapped in a blanket together.
Jerry told a local news station that he yelled, “That’s us!” when he saw the clip. Now, they finally have a photograph showing the first moments of a lifelong love.
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