It's both far out and nearby.

A replica of the Volkswagen “Light Bus,” an icon of the 1960s counterculture movement, is on display at the Saratoga Automobile Museum.

Dr. Bob Hieronimus painted the original Light Bus in 1969 for his friends in “Light,” a Baltimore-based rock band. However, the fame came later that year when the bus, a Volkswagen Type 2 van, appeared at the Woodstock Art and Music Fair.

“It became a symbol of the Woodstock Art and Music Fair and the greater generational call for peace, love and unity after a snapshot of the van by the Associated Press was widely circulated in newspapers and magazines across the country,” said Volkswagen in a statement. “The van even 
appeared in the liner of the official Woodstock album.”

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