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Peace for Hippies in LaGrange
By: Sheila McCrea - Thursday, January 7, 2021

LAGRANGE, IN - If you were a "hippie" back in the day, you are now officially welcome back to the town of LaGrange and the surrounding area.

LaGrange County, Indiana, put a law into effect in 1971 that blocked huge gatherings of "hippies", such as the Woodstock music festival. The law banned gatherings of more than 500 people that lasted over 12 hours.

After 50 years, the "anti-hippie ordinance" in LaGrange has been repealed.

Officials in LaGrange recently went through a bunch of ordinances that have no practical use, some of which had been a law for as long as 100 years. Several ordinances were repealed, including the "anti-hippie ordinance".



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