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The decision on the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Fla., which came after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a much-debated transgender girls sports ban on the first day of Pride Month, appears to have been ...
The Acosta Bridge Pride March started in 2021 to protest the removal of the Pride rainbow colors from the decorative lights on the bridge. Last year, FDOT changed its policy for Freedom Summer, ...
Looking back: Remembering the old Acosta Bridge The multi-colored lights were intended to glow all week in honor of Pride Month, which remembers the June 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City ...
Glassman said organizers of this year's Pride march on the Acosta Bridge, tentatively set for June 29, are working on a plan to do it in the evening so marchers can use cell phone apps, glowsticks ...
The Acosta Bridge Pride March started in 2021 to protest the removal of the Pride rainbow colors from the decorative lights on the bridge. Last year, FDOT changed its policy for Freedom Summer, ...
Acosta Bridge won't be lit for Juneteenth, Pride month, other summer events after statewide change. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation ...
Days after the Acosta Bridge was re-lit in the colors of the rainbow, hundreds gathered Saturday to unite to support the LGBTQ+ community.
Right now, the Acosta Bridge in Downtown Jacksonville is lit up red, white, and blue for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Freedom Summer Initiative. However, around 8 p.m. Saturday, demonstrators ...
"I thought it came off great," said Jacksonville resident Matt McAllister, who helped organize the effort, which came together in 48 hours. "We thought we'd get 35 people for the bridge," he said.
On the sixth anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, hundreds of people from across Jacksonville came together to cross the Acosta Bridge in celebration of Pride Month.
Jacksonville's 4th of July fireworks show will be held downtown this year, but construction will restrict some viewing areas.