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Civic Holidays | In Person

Pride Month

Date
Saturday, June 1 - Sunday, June 30
Time
All Day
price
Free with Museum Admission
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Celebrate Pride Month with the National Constitution Center! Learn all about how members of the LGBTQ+ community in the United States have fought for their inclusion by exercising their First Amendment rights and battling the courts throughout history. Meet some famous figures in our exhibits, come to our make-and-take craft station, and learn how you too can fight for change! 

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Programs at the Museum

Pride & Protests

Main Exhibit, Second Floor
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Learn about how members of the LGBTQ+ community in the United States have fought for their inclusion by exercising their First Amendment rights to assembly and speech. As activist Harvey Milk once said, “rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.”

Artifact Spotlight: Fourth Annual Reminder Day Pamphlet

Main Exhibit, First Amendment Gallery, Second Floor
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On July 4, 1965, 40 members of the LGBTQ+ community—33 men and 7 women—used their right to assemble to call for freedoms and equality by marching outside Independence Hall. These efforts became known as the Annual Reminder Day demonstrations, a tradition which took place on Independence Day. Learn about this protest and more as we highlight a pamphlet from this march in our First Amendment gallery.

Credit: Joan Fleischmann collection, 1963-1994, Ms.Coll.26. John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia, Pa. waygayphilly

Freedom of Speech Crafts

Daily, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
How do you show your support for a cause? Perhaps with buttons, signs, and sashes? Visitors can explore examples of symbolic speech at our make-and-take craft tables and create their own buttons and zines (a small self-published pamphlet) to show their support for a cause and learn how the LGBTQ+ community used symbolic speech to secure their rights.

Online Programs

Civic Stories: Pride and Protests
Friday, June 7 | Noon ET
Live ASL Interpretation Available
Learn how members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the United States fought for their inclusion by exercising their First Amendment rights to assembly and speech. As activist Harvey Milk once said, “Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.”

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Online Resources

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