Editing La Grange, Illinois (section)

==Arts and culture==
La Grange holds numerous public activities and festivals. Art fairs, historic housewalks, carnivals, and [[farmer's markets]] are also common, mostly taking place in the downtown area.

===Pet Parade===
An annual event known as the ''Pet Parade'' has been conducted every year since 1947 and attracts thousands of people from the La Grange area. The parade marches through downtown and includes a wild variety of animal pets like dogs, cats, hamsters, birds, and farm animals. There is a long history of Grand Marshals for the parade including Elephants and Donkeys from the [[Brookfield Zoo Chicago|Brookfield Zoo]] (1948), [[Luci Baines Johnson]] – Daughter of the President Lyndon B. Johnson (1964), and [[Susan Dey]] and [[Danny Bonaduce]] of "[[The Partridge Family]]" (1971).

===Architecture===
The [[La Grange Village Historic District]] makes up a large section of the village and includes over 1,000 buildings representing several popular architectural styles of late 19th century and early 20th century.  A few homes in district were designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. There is even a "bootleg" house, one he designed on the side, contrary to his employment agreement, when he was supposed to be working exclusively for architect [[Louis Sullivan]]. Wright was reportedly fired over this and similar employment agreement infractions.