| LC control no. | sh2016001474 |
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| Geographic heading | Stonewall National Monument (New York, N.Y.) |
| See also | National monuments--New York (State) |
| Special note | This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision. |
| Found in | President Obama designates Stonewall National Monument, via The White House website, June 24, 2016, viewed on June 25, 2016 (Stonewall National Monument; the historic site of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City; 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 U.S. National Park Service website, June 25, 2016 (Stonewall National Monument; located in Greenwich Village, New York City) Wikipedia, June 25, 2016 (Stonewall National Monument; a U.S. National Monument located in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, New York City; the designated area includes Christopher Park and the block of Christopher Street bordering the park, which is directly across the street from the Stonewall Inn--the site of the Stonewall riots of June 28, 1969, widely regarded as the start of the modern LGBT rights movement in the United States; received its National Monument designation on June 24, 2016) |
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