Diana Rodriguez, the chief executive of Pride Live, which runs the new Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, pointed to an old-fashioned jukebox. Go ahead, give it a whirl, she said. I dropped in a Stonewall-branded coin and chose a song.
The center memorializes the bar's history and the night in 1969 when a police raid set off several days of riots. It is the first national monument to LGBTQ rights and history.
The center, privately funded, opens after six years of development, blending past and present elements. Despite its small size, there is much to see and learn about the significant events at Stonewall Inn.
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