"stating only US flags, agency flags and the POW/MIA flag are allowed at parks, while including a list of exemptions that included flags that provide historical context. Interior department flagpoles are not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public, the memo read. Rather, approved non-agency flags and pennants may be flown as an expression of the Federal Government's official sentiments."
"The memo from the interior department, which oversees the National Park Service, provided guidance to superintendents and site managers on policies and procedures for the display and flying of non-agency flags and pennants, stating only US flags, agency flags and the POW/MIA flag are allowed at parks, while including a list of exemptions that included flags that provide historical context."
Federal officials removed a large Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument in New York City over the February 7 weekend after a January 21 Interior Department memorandum clarified flag-display policies. The memorandum restricts flagpoles to US flags, agency flags and the POW/MIA flag while listing limited exemptions for flags that provide historical context. The guidance states Interior flagpoles are not intended as a public forum and that approved non-agency flags may express the Federal Government's official sentiments. Stonewall National Monument commemorates the June 1969 riots that helped spark the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Local officials confirmed the removal and vowed to raise the Pride flag again.
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