When asked how they met, Judy and Jerry Griffin told people they met at Woodstock, but they never had any evidence, lending the story the air of a tall tale. But two months ago, they were told they were seen in the trailer for the PBS documentary Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation. Now they have proof, as seen in the image above that they recreated for People magazine.
Judy met Jerry on Aug. 15, 1969 — day one of the iconic Woodstock music festival — when her car broke down on New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge, roughly 90 miles from the concert grounds, and she and the two acquaintances she was traveling with decided to hitchhike.
“I was just thinking, ‘Damn, now we can’t go,’ and we were dying to,” recalls Judy, 71. “Then Jerry and his friends pulled up. I stuck my head in and I saw that there was a woman in the car. I’d never hitchhiked before, but I figured, ‘Well, since there was a woman, it was fairly safe, and I probably should just get in the car.’ “
In that moment Jerry, who was caravanning to the festival with a group of friends in two VW Beetles, thought his luck had definitely changed for the better.
“I thought, ‘Okay, this is definitely unusual. We just picked up this really cute girl. And I’m going to Woodstock and I’ve got a tent and she doesn’t,’ ” says Jerry, 72, with a laugh.
Judy and Jerry Griffin got married and are still together 50 years later, with two sons and five grandchildren. Read more of their story at People. -via reddit
See also: Woodstock Lovers Still Together.