A Stonewall Visitor Center Will Celebrate L.G.B.T.Q. History
nytimes.comThe first visitor center within the national park system dedicated to L.G.B.T.Q. history will honor and explore the history of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, a galvanizing moment in the fight for equality, the center’s managers announced on Tuesday.
When it opens in 2024, the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center will occupy a vacant storefront in Greenwich Village in Manhattan next door to the Stonewall Inn bar, which was designated a national monument in 2016.
Pride Live, a L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy organization, is overseeing the creation of the site, which will include input from historians, activists, community leaders and allies.
The organization is partnering with the National Park Service, which will use the center as a base for its rangers. “Our goal is to create a place that honors both the bravery and courage of the past five decades of the movement while also motivating the next generation of leaders to take up the fight, because we know that there is more work to be done when it comes to full equality,” said Ann Marie Gothard, president of Pride Live’s board of directors.
