Feb 13, 2025 · Located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Stonewall National Monument is one of the many parks in New York Harbor.

Stonewall National Monument is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history. President Barack Obama designated it as a national monument on June 24, 2016.

Stonewall is regarded by many as the single most important catalyst for the dramatic expansion of the LGBT civil rights movement.

Feb 14, 2025 · The Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village became a national monument in 2016 under former President Barack Obama, creating the country's first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ+ ...

Jun 28, 2024 · Stonewall National Monument was established as a unit of the National Park Service in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City. It constitutes 7.7 acres, but Christopher Park on Christopher Street constitutes the epicenter of the park.

6 days ago · Timothy Leonard, Northeast program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, a 1.6 million-member nonprofit group that advocates on behalf of national parks and helped push for the Stonewall monument, said “erasing letters or webpages” does not change history or the contributions of the transgender community at Stonewall or ...

6 days ago · A National Park Service ranger places rainbow flags on the fence at the Stonewall National Monument in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, New York City, on June ...