Stonewall Inn and the 1969 uprising

The Stonewall Inn, located at 53 Christopher Street, was the site of the June 1969 Stonewall uprising against a police raid, an event widely regarded as a catalyst for the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The bar and the surrounding Christopher Street area have since been described in histories and commemorations as a symbolic or 'legendary' birthplace of Pride and LGBTQ activism. The site is a designated National Historic Landmark and continues to be a focal point for annual memorials and public narratives about the movement's origins.