LAGRANGE, Ind. (AP) – Peace, love – and LaGrange.
LaGrange County, Indiana, repealed a 1971 law aimed at blocking huge gatherings such as the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in New York State.
“We called it our anti-hippie ordinance,” said County Commissioner Dennis Kratz with a smile.
The ordinance regulated large gatherings that lasted more than 12 hours and involved more than 500 people, reported The News Sun..
The law was recently dropped as part of an effort to repeal ordinances that have no practical use but appear on 100-year-old books, especially certain traffic restrictions. County Attorney Kurt Bachman’s investigation lasted three years.
“There were, during this process, a lot of things that made us go,‘ what? “… It was an amazing learning process,” said Bachman, whose goal was to move county laws into a searchable electronic record.
The county is located in northern Indiana, along the border with Michigan.