Crossposted from the DES Express

Each year during the week before the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade, Facilities Management Division (FMD) staff prepare to raise the Progress Pride flag at the Administration Building. Graphic designer Daniel Quasar’s Progress Pride Flag added five arrow-shaped lines to the six-colored Rainbow Flag, which is widely recognized as a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) community. It’s one of many flags FMD manages for special holidays, sports team accomplishments and other events. In addition, FMD manages lowerings of the American flag at county buildings for deaths of notable people and for significant local and national tragedies.

In any given year, FMD raises more than 10 special occasion flags and lowers the U.S. flag to half staff upon receiving official requests from the Executive or the Governor. It’s not a simple act. Read more.