All are invited to take part in the City of Auburn’s Pride Flag Raising Ceremony on Monday, June 3, 2024 at 6 p.m. at Auburn City Hall.
This event will kick off Pride Month, a celebration of love, diversity, acceptance, and unashamed self-pride.
Mayor Nancy Backus and her daughter, Lucky, raised the LGBTQ+ pride flag at city hall for the first time in 2020.
“In 2020, raising the Pride Flag was breaking new ground in Auburn, but I wish we would have begun the tradition a few years earlier and not just a proclamation,” Backus told The Auburn Examiner.
The LGBTQ pride flag was first created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker at the request of San Fransisco Mayor Harvey Milk.
“A Rainbow Flag was a conscious choice, natural and necessary,” Baker said. “The rainbow came from earliest recorded history as a symbol of hope.”
Auburn City Hall is located at 25 W Main Street:
Join us June 3 at City Hall Plaza for our Pride Flag Raising Ceremony! Festivities begin at 6 p.m. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈 And then the following Sunday, June 9, for Pride at the Auburn Farmers Market. pic.twitter.com/a1HbWwrB4r
— City of Auburn (@auburn_wa) May 23, 2024
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