In August 1968, after two patrons of The Patch Bar in Wilmington, California were arrested on unfounded “lewd conduct” charges during an LAPD raid, the bar’s owner Lee Glaze led a spontaneous protest by taking patrons to buy large bouquets of carnations, daisies, gladioli, and mums. The group then gathered in the lobby of the local police station, holding the flowers as they refused to leave until the arrested men were released, turning the act of carrying and displaying flowers into a visible, defiant stand against police harassment of queer spaces.