Trump Admin Removes Rainbow Flag From Homosexuality’s Holiest Site
The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a large rainbow pride flag at Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, in Manhattan, according to multiple reports. Former President…
The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a large rainbow pride flag at Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, in Manhattan, according to multiple reports.
Former President Barack Obamadesignated the site as a national monument in June 2016 in an effort to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising — which began on June 28, 1969 — and “honor the broad LGBT equality movement.” The NPS’ communications office told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a Tuesday statement that “the policy governing flag displays on federal property has been in place for decades.”
“Recent guidance clarifies how that longstanding policy is applied consistently across NPS-managed sites,” according to the NPS’ statement. “Under government-wide guidance, including General Services Administration policy and Department of the Interior direction, 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 Department of the Interior (DOI) did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.