When Ferrigan saw the remnant in person, the vexillologist confirmed its identity as the 1978 artifact. After flying at the event, the flag was tucked into Beal’s closet, where it collected dust for several months, a news release said.Ī chance phone call with flag expert James Ferrigan led Beal to realize that he possessed a piece of the original pride flag. Unknowingly, she gave him her brother’s first flag fragment. He salvaged a piece - measured at 10 feet by 28 feet - and kept it until his death in 2017, when it was given to his sister, Ardonna Cook.įor the New York Pride parade in 2019, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, Beal asked Cook to use a rainbow flag from Baker’s collection. When Baker returned to collect them at the San Francisco Gay Community Center the following year, he discovered they had been badly damaged with mildew from a leaky roof. A group of at least 30 volunteers, including tie-dye artist Lynn Segerblom, seamster James McNamara and Baker hand-stitched and dyed two eight-striped rainbow flags for the 1978 parade, according to Beal’s statement.
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