Last week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the National Park Foundation, in partnership with the Gill Foundation, announced a new LGBT theme study — standing outside the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The study will help identify places and events associated with the story of LGBT Americans for inclusion in the parks and programs of the National Parks Service. The theme study is part of a broader initiative under the Obama administration to ensure that the National Park Service reflects and tells a more complete story of the people and events responsible for building this nation. Read more here.
Tuesday, June 10, the Department of the Interior and National Parks Service will host a meeting in Washington, D.C. to develop a framework and focus for the LGBT theme study with a group of more than a dozen of the nation’s most respected researchers and preservationists who have expertise on LGBT history and culture:
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