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Danvers Kicks Off Pride Celebration Month Thursday Afternoon
Danvers police will raise the Pride flag at the station at 4:30 before a Town Hall event at 5 p.m.
DANVERS, MA — Danvers will begin its Pride Month celebrations on Thursday with a pair of events at the police station and Town Hall.
The Human Rights & Inclusion Committee will begin its eighth annual recognition of LGBTQ+ pride in the town with a 4:30 flag-raising at the police station on Ash Street. A half-hour later, the committee will do the same on the lawn at Town Hall on Sylvan Street along with a short ceremony.
The public is invited to both events.
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On Saturday, Kaffmandu Coffee House on Maple Street will have a Pride program from 9 a.m. to noon where residents can pick up Pride flags, stickers and enter to win a Pride Prize Pack, with donations going to the Danvers High School Students United For Acceptance.
Those attending can be included on the Human Rights & Inclusion Committee's website by using the hashtags #DanversPride and #ActivelyAnAlly.
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There will be additional events all month long.
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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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