Marchers carry the flag in the ConcordPride parade. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
A panorama of color, sound, and celebration countered Saturday’s dreary skies as ConcordPride returned to the Center with a parade, music, and more. This is the second year the town has held the family-friendly event designed to uplift and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.
Photos: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Parade participants line up at the Umbrella.Parade participants carry a banner past the Acton Free Public Library.Acton native Samantha DeSuze, who traveled from New York City to serve as ConcordPride emcee for the second time, marches from the Umbrella Arts Center to Monument Square.The rainbow flag fills Main Street as it’s carried through Acton Center during ConcordPride festivities on Saturday.A colorfully robed Ryan Malyar of the Acton Players participates in the march down Main Street.Cyra Conroy-Holdorf, 11, of Acton, keeps it rainbow bright.Concordian Luke Hawker, 11, adorned with the Progress Pride flag and a rainbow lei.Maggie Stewart, center, a rising college senior from Acton, and Rev. Martha Schick of the Trinitarian Congregational Church participate in the Monument Square Pride rally.Spectators including Select Board member Mary Hartman, left, watch as the Pride flag is raised in Monument Square.Chalk artist Kathryn Schmaltz works on a piece at the Umbrella Arts Center.Members of the Acton Players blow bubbles in Acton Center during Pride celebrations.Ed Feather, left, as Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Minute Man and Lincoln Memorial statue, stands with Stefanie Cloutier, who portrays artist and philanthropist Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, and Amy Cole as golf champion Grace Keyes. Companions Roberts and Keyes founded the Acton Art Association.
