Talk:Woodstock, Illinois

groundhog lighting?

"Woodstock's Groundhog day festival also includes a traditional groundhog lighting." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.60.212 (talk) 19:16, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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Town was also used for location shooting in Welles movie 'The Starnger'

..."The Stranger" ?

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Cosmo1976 (talk) 16:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Eugene Debs

Why doesn't Debs get his honorable mention in Woodstock's history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.113.143 (talk) 07:14, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Woodstock was a primary filming location for the 1993 movie Groundhog Day (although the events of the movie take place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Why did they film in Woodstock? Is Punxsutawney that bad?173.58.53.212 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:28, 1 March 2011 (UTC).

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