Greetings from Stonewall National Monument

I finally visited Stonewall in 2018. Who knew it would become a national monument?

Sincerely,
Bev

Stonewall National Monument

This monument interprets the history of a watershed moment in the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement, when a week-long uprising in 1969 sparked sustained determination among LGBTQ Americans to fight for full equality and civil and human rights.

State(s): New York

Established: 2016

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