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President Obama designated a new national monument on Friday celebrating “the broad LGBT equality movement,” the first one of its kind in the U.S. National Park System.
The monument is at the site where the Stonewall Uprising in New York City took place, an event that many activists refer to as the birthplace of the LGBT civil rights movement.
“The new ‘Stonewall National Monument’ will protect the area where, on June 28, 1969, a community’s uprising in response to a police raid sparked the modern LGBT civil rights movement in the United States,” the White House press release reads. “By honoring the history and accomplishments of the movement for LGBT equality, today’s designation will be a historic moment in this effort towards a more inclusive National Park System.”
The White House included a video, narrated by the pesident, explaining the history behind the new U.S. landmark.
“Stonewall will be our first national monument to tell the story of the struggle for LGBT rights,” says Obama. “I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country, the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us. That we are stronger together. That out of many, we are one.”
See the presentation below here: