Amsterdam Canal Pride parade celebrates Stonewall anniversary

A participant cruises the canals during the annual gay pride parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands August 3, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - One of Europe's biggest annual Gay Pride parades kicked off on the canals of Amsterdam on Saturday, with over 500,000 visitors from around the world expected to cheer on 80 boats representing a wide variety of organizations from the LGBTI+ community.

"Remember the past, create the future", is this year's theme, as the parade commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the so-called Stonewall riots.