Pride Flag Raising Marks 20 Years Since 'The Great Flag Flap' in Owen Sound

Joan Beecroft reflects on Owen Sound's Pride flag-flying history and shares the story of how our community flagpole to the side of City Hall came to be.

Jun 02, 2025

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Supporters and allies celebrate the raising of the Pride flag in Owen Sound on June 2, 2025. Photo: Owen Sound Current

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by Joan Beecroft, originally published in The Owen Sounder

How can it be 20 years already since Owen Sound raised the first Pride flag? It was the basic 6-colour rainbow striped version then, and what we now call ‘Th…

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