STONEWALL RIOTS ANNIVERSARY

Montco officials, local dignataries holding 6th annual Pride flag raising ceremony Monday

The event is hosted and coordinated through Montgomery County's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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Saturday, June 1, 2024

The event is hosted and coordinated through Montgomery County's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Montgomery County officials and dignitaries will host the 6^th annual Pride flag raising ceremony outside on the county courthouse lawn Monday morning.

According to a press release, at 10 a.m., county officials and employees – Commissioners Jamila H. Winder and Neil Makhija and county Clerk of Courts Lori Schreiber – and local dignitaries and invited speakers will reflect Monday morning on the 55^th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and measures that have since been enacted in Montgomery County and Pennsylvania to protect and enshrine the rights of the LGBTQ community.

The event is hosted and coordinated through Montgomery County’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Guest speakers include West Norriton Board of Commissioners President Anne Pavone, NAACP Main Line Branch President Briane Reese-Turner, and Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program Director Chad Frame.

The courthouse is located at 2 E. Airy St., Norristown, at the corner of Swede Street.

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Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.