Moorestown To Honor Pride Month With Flag-Raising

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Moorestown will mark the start of Pride Month with a flag-raising outside Town Hall.

The Pride flag will be raised at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Town Hall parking lot.

Local organizations Better Together Moorestown and Moorestown Pride are hosting the township's fourth-annual Pride flag-raising. See the Facebook event.

Pride Month honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, when members of the LGBTQ community and civilians on the street fought back after a police raid on a gay bar in Manhattan. The rebellion, which led to six days of protests, is considered a watershed event in the fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States.

Over the last few years, Pride celebrations have come in the face of a surge in anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country.

Moorestown held its first Pride Festival last year. The annual event is held in October, coinciding with National Coming Out Day.