The brilliantly lored banner—now on view San Francis—flew on "Gay Freedom Day" 1978
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LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
The rabow flag, which has bee a universal symbol of hope for LGBTQ people around the world, first flew San Francis’s Uned Natns Plaza for Gay Pri Day, on June 25, 1978.
It had eight lors – two more than today’s versn – and was signed by Gilbert Baker, an openly gay artist and activist.