Pride flag raised at California's Capitol for first time in history

Monday, June 17, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- For the first time ever, the Pride flag is flying above California's Capitol.

Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted a photo showing the Pride flag waving in the wind.
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It flies below three flags that always rise above the Capitol -- the American flag, the California State flag and the POW/MIA flag that honors prisoners of war and veterans missing in action.
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of 1969's Stonewall Uprising, considered to be the birth of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
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