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New York City’s first ever Parade March was held on Sunday, June 28, (the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising), and, much to the organizers’ surprise, attracted thousands of participants.
Known at the period as the Christopher Street Liberation Night March, the path began on Washington Place between Sheridan Square and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, moved north up Sixth Road, and ended with a “Gay-In” in Central Park’s Sheep Meadow.
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Credit: Christopher D. Brazee/NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project,
Christopher Street Liberation Date March, June Photo by Fred W. McDarrah. Gift of the Estate of Fred W. McDarrah.
Christopher Street Liberation Time poster, June 28, Courtesy of The New York Universal Library.
Christopher Street Liberation Day March, June 28, Photo published in the "Gay Freedom " issue of Queen's Quarterly. From the Collection of Fred Sargeant.
Courtesy of the Foster Gunnison, Jr. Papers. Archives & Distinct Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Universi
On Saturday, June 28, , starting at noon, a coalition of community activists will gather in Chicago&#;s Washington Square Park &#; a historic free-speech forum also known as &#;Bughouse Square&#; &#; to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the world&#;s first LGBTQ+ Lgbtq+ fest Rally and March, which took place in Chicago on June 27, , a day before similar events in New York Urban area and Los Angeles (making it the first Event March in the World). The march in Chicago, which began at Washington Square, commemorated the Stonewall Uprising of the previous year and laid the groundwork for the Homosexual Pride Parades that hold taken place internationally for the past 50 years.
The public is invited to join this year&#;s free event, which will launch a campaign to designate Chicago&#;s Washington Square Park &#; located at N. Clark Street, across the street from the Newberry Library &#; as a National Historic Park, raising its current status as a National Historic Landmark. The campaign is a joint effort by local LGBTQ+ activists and historians, representatives from the office of
First Christopher Street Liberation Night March,
The banner from the beginning of the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March, The CSLD March took place exactly one year after the Stonewall Riots, on June 28, , but it wasn't the first LGBTQ rights march in the U.S. That distinction belongs to Chicago, who hosted their first Gay Celebration Parade on June 27, , one day before New York City. Photograph from the Leonard Fink Photography Collection, the LGBT Community Center National History Archives.
First Christopher Street Liberation Day March,
The banner from the beginning of the first Christopher Avenue Liberation Day March, The CSLD March took place exactly one year after the Stonewall Riots, on June 28, , but it wasn't the first LGBTQ rights march in the U.S. That distinction belongs to Chicago, who hosted their first Same-sex attracted Pride Parade on June 27, , one evening before New York Town. Photograph from the Leonard Fink Photography Collection, the LGBT Community Center National History Archives.