June is Pride month, and cities across the nation are celebrating the LGBTQ community. Here in Minneapolis, the Interstate 35W Bridge is lit up with rainbow colors—a longtime symbol of gay pride. The rainbow flag first debuted 40 years ago, in 1978, after San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk suggested that designer Gilbert Baker create a flag for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Baker, who died last year, once said he was inspired by rainbows because they’re part of nature, and representative of everyone.
The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
Today in History
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An old celebration for a new season
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Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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Humming along
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Juneteenth
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National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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Not your average sandcastle
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, Canada
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The mountaintop of toppled gods
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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It’s oh so quiet
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In the footsteps of Leopold Bloom
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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Does this shark have an Irish accent?
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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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The Grand Départ: Tour de France begins
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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Northern coast of Colombia
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Falling for Tennessee
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Design for Each and All
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Marshland, Gloucester, MA