Photos from LGBTQ Pride at New Hope Celebrates

Note: My visit to New Hope, PA was sponsored in part by VisitPhilly.com.

It didn’t take us long to get to New Hope—a short, one-hour drive from Philadelphia along the highway at first, and then through a forest. Green tress, rolling hills, and dark blue rivers on either side for the duration of our drive.

Nestled midway between Philadelphia and New York City, New Hope is a quaint town with all the markings of most New England towns. All those signs of pure Americana. A Main Street with locally-owned shops, restaurants, bakeries, pubs, and even a theater.

But on this sunny Saturday, the town was more alive and vibrant than ever. Rainbow pride flags dotted the street. The bridge connecting New Hope over in Bucks County, PA to Lambertville (in New Jersey) was shut to the traffic. New Hope Celebrates, the region’s largest LGBTQ pride celebration, had taken over both cities.

The pride march began in Lambertville shortly after noon and marched…