Stonewall Inn Is Now the First-Ever National Monument to the Gay Rights Movement

Image via Martin Witchger/League of Conservation Voters
"The shooting in Orlando shows how much we still need to work on and overcome in terms of violence and bigotry against LGBT people," Witchger, who traveled from Washington, D.C., to join the ceremony, said. "But how beautiful and moving it is to have Stonewall as the first national park unit to honor the LGBT rights movement."

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