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Rehoboth Beach flying Pride flag during month of June

Hundreds gather at city hall to show support for LGBTQ+ community
Rehoboth Beach celebrated the beginning of Pride Month with the raising of the Pride flag at city hall June 1. Hundreds of people attended. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
June 4, 2025

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Rehoboth Beach City Hall
229 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

In recognition of Pride Month this June, hundreds of people gathered June 1 at Rehoboth Beach City Hall for the city’s annual raising of the Pride flag.

The city held a brief ceremony before raising the flag. Mayor Stan Mills read a proclamation that recognized Rehoboth’s large LGBTQ+ community and that the city will continue to support that community. Mills was followed by Commissioner Patrick Gossett, who explained what the different colors of the Pride flag mean.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, Mills, Gossett, other city leaders and representatives from CAMP Rehoboth, an LGBTQ+ community center on Baltimore Avenue, each helped raise the flag.

After the flag was raised, most of the people in attendance walked up Steve Elkins Way, who co-founded CAMP Rehoboth with husband Murray Archibald in 1991, to Aqua on Baltimore Avenue to continue the celebration.

Last year, in advance of Pride Month, the city painted the crosswalks on both ends of Baltimore Avenue’s second block into rainbows and then held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony the day the flag was raised. There was no special recognition of the sidewalk this year, but the city did repaint the crosswalk rainbows in advance of the June 1 event.

The flag will fly in front of city hall the entire month.

 

Prior to raising the flag, there was a photo opportunity. Shown are (l-r) City Manager Taylour Tedder, CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors Vice President Teri Seaton, CAMP Board of Directors Director At-Large Pat Catanzariti, CAMP Rehoboth Deputy Director Mark McDaniels, CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors President Leslie Ledogar, CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director Kim Leisey, Commissioner Patrick Gossett, Commissioner Craig Thier, Mayor Stan Mills, Commissioner Mark Saunders, Commissioner Suzanne Goode, Board of Directors At-Large Director Mike DeFlavia, CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors At-Large Director Jenn Harpel, Board of Directors At-Large Director Wes Combs, and CAMP Rehoboth Board of Directors At-Large Director Kevin Ussery.
After the flag was raised, most of the attendees made their way up Steve Elkins Way to a gathering at Aqua.
Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall, D-Rehoboth Beach, and Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, take a selfie after the flag was raised.
Last year, in advance of Pride Month, the city turned the crosswalks at both ends of Baltimore Avenue’s second block into rainbows. An easy design to replicate, the city gave them a freshening up a couple of weeks ago.
Commissioner Patrick Gossett explains what the different colors on the Pride flag stand for. Shown are (l-r) City Manager Taylour Tedder, Commissioner Suzanne Goode, Commissioner Mark Saunders, Commissioner Craig Thier, Mayor Stan Mills and Gossett.
Mayor Stan Mills reads a proclamation showing the city’s support of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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