{"id":8553,"date":"2017-06-07T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=8553"},"modified":"2017-06-07T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:50:19","slug":"orange-county-mayor-announces-rainbow-25-sea-sea-flag-display-orange-county-administration-building","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2017\/06\/orange-county-mayor-announces-rainbow-25-sea-sea-flag-display-orange-county-administration-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Mayor Announces Rainbow 25 Sea-to-Sea Flag  On Display at Orange County Administration Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Orange County, Fla. \u2013 <\/strong>In tribute to the lives lost at the Pulse Nightclub shooting and in support of freedom lovers worldwide, Section 93 of the Sea-to-Sea Rainbow Flag will once again be on display at the Orange County (Florida) Administration Building in Orlando<strong>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">beginning Monday, June 12<\/span>.<\/strong> Mark Ebenhoch, Executive Director of\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Hope, Unity &amp; Global Equality, Inc<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span>, will accompany the flag (Sect. 93). Last June, Section 93 was also displayed at the County Administration and this year it will be displayed for at least one week.<\/p>\n<p>The Sea-to-Sea Flag has become a globally-recognized symbol of the LGBTQ movement and symbolizes acceptance, understanding, education, solidarity and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:\u00a0<\/strong>The original rainbow flag was designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 as a symbol of gay and lesbian pride in response to anti-gay activities. In the spring of 2003, Baker and a team of volunteers cut and sewed a 1.25-mile-long version of the flag in Key West, to celebrate the iconic banner\u2019s 25th anniversary. On June 15, 2003, some 2,000 volunteers unfurled the flag from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico along the entire length of Duval Street, in a sea-to-sea representation of pride and diversity. Section 93 has since traveled worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Commemorative Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO: Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Commissioner Patty Sheehan, Barbara Poma,\u00a0<\/span>faith leaders, LGBTQ leaders, elected officials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE: Orange County Administration Building \u2013 Rosalind Avenue Courtyard\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>201 S. Rosalind Ave., Orlando, FL 32801<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday, June 12 at 10 a.m. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange County, Fla. \u2013 In tribute to the lives lost at the Pulse Nightclub shooting and in support of freedom lovers worldwide, Section 93 of the Sea-to-Sea Rainbow Flag will once again be on display at the Orange County (Florida) Administration Building in Orlando, beginning Monday, June 12. 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