Rosita Buchignani of Novato looks over Pride-themed items at Novato City Hall on Saturday, June 1, 2024, during an event to mark the start of Pride Month. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)
The Pride Flag flutters at Novato City Hall on Saturday, June 1, 2024, after being ceremonially hoisted to kick off Pride Month. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)
A crowd gives Mayor Mark Milberg a hand during a flag-raising ceremony to kick off Pride Month at Novato City Hall on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)
Mayor Mark Milberg addresses attendees at a flag-raising ceremony to mark the start of Pride Month at Novato City Hall on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)
Novato marked the arrival of Pride Month on Saturday with a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall.
The national tradition began with Gay Pride Week in 1970. The event commemorated the first anniversary of the police raid at Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, on June 28, 1969.
In 1999, President Bill Clinton proclaimed June as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
