President Obama Designates Stonewall National Monument; WhiteHouse.gov, 6/24/16

[Video] WhiteHouse.gov; President Obama Designates Stonewall National Monument:

"Today, President Obama designated a new national monument at the historic site of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City to honor the broad LGBT equality 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.

Check out the video to learn more about the Stonewall Uprising and how it sparked a movement for LGBT equality"