"Only the US flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorised flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions. The Department of Interior, NPS' parent agency, confirmed that the flag was removed in line with government-wide guidance."
"I think it's important that we speak out and stand up for the community, frankly, just as our forebearers, who exhibited much more courage back in 1969. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal announced that he and other NYC-area politicians will reinstall the flag at the federal monument."
"Our elected officials, though I love them, brought in their own flagpole and planted it in the ground in front of it, and their plastic pole was lower than that flagpole, so it resulted in our Rainbow Flag being lower than [the American Flag] and not on the actual flagpole. The least we could do is to put our flag higher on this cord than the American Flag."
In February 2026, the Trump administration removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots. The Department of Interior justified the removal through government-wide guidance limiting flagpoles to US flags and congressionally authorized flags. NYC officials, led by Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, announced plans to reinstall the flag. On February 12, a reinstatement ceremony occurred, but officials placed the flag on a lower flagpole, causing it to fly below the American flag. Activists Jay W. Walker and Josh Tjaden subsequently moved the Pride flag to the original flagpole at a higher position. Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of activists and community members, arguing the flag's removal was unlawful.
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