"only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions."
"Any changes to flag displays are made to ensure consistency with that guidance,"
"Stonewall National Monument continues to preserve and interpret the site's historic significance through exhibits and programs."
"The Pride Flag is history, resistance, and Pride born at Stonewall itself. Taking it down does not diminish our community. It exposes an administration afraid of visibility and truth. Our history will not be erased, and our Pride is not theirs to take down."
The National Park Service removed the rainbow flag from Stonewall National Monument, stating that only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles. The removal aligns flag displays with government-wide guidance and the monument continues to preserve and interpret the site's historic significance through exhibits and programs. Stonewall is the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights, designated in 2016, and had been adorned with various Pride flags, including the trans flag, with NPS funding until the Trump administration. Local queer leaders condemned the removal as deliberate erasure and a restriction of visibility.
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