A large Pride flag was removed from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village following a directive from the Trump administration issued last month.<\/p>\n
The directive prohibits any flag, aside from the U.S. flag or other \u201cauthorized\u201d flags, from being flown on National Park Service-managed flagpoles, \u201cwith limited exceptions,\u201d the agency said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
A Pride flag was removed from the Stonewall National Monument after a directive from the Trump administration
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Only U.S. flags and other “authorized” flags can now be flown at National Park Service locations
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The Stonewall National Monument is designated as a National Historic Landmark by the NPS
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“… The removal of the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument is a deliberate and cowardly attempt to erase that history,” City Council Speaker Menin wrote on X<\/p>\n
The Stonewall National Monument, which includes the historic Stonewall Inn bar, is managed by the National Park Service. The bar itself is privately run.<\/p>\n
\u201cStonewall National Monument continues to preserve and interpret the site\u2019s historic significance through exhibits and programs,\u201d the agency said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A number of New York elected officials quickly criticized the change.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStonewall is sacred ground. It is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and the removal of the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument is a deliberate and cowardly attempt to erase that history,\u201d City Council Speaker Julie Menin wrote on X in response to the flag\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, called the removal a \u201cdeeply outrageous action that must be reversed now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStonewall is a landmark because it is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, and symbols of that legacy belong there by both history and principle,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cNew Yorkers are right to be outraged, but if there\u2019s one thing I know about this latest attempt to rewrite history, stoke division and discrimination, and erase our community pride it\u2019s this: that flag will return. New Yorkers will see to it.\u201d<\/p>\n