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On a breezy night in the summer of 1978, 30 volunteers packed into the attic floor of the San Francisco Gay Community Center. Under the watchful eye of activist Gilbert Baker, people began dunking strips of cotton canvas into barrels filled with dye and salted water. Once they’d finished washing and drying the fabric, the volunteers hit the sewing machines. There was a deadline to meet.
A few days later, the rainbow flag made its debut in the city’s Gay Freedom Day Parade.
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