We"re commemorating Pride Weekend, a time when the focus turns to the LGBTQI+ community and a celebration of gay rights. The first pride parades took to the streets in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in June 1970, in remembrance of the Stonewall Uprising in Greenwich Village, New York City, the previous year. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police dragged staff and patrons from the Stonewall Inn bar, a gay venue, sparking six days of protests. Now pride parades and events are celebrated each June in most parts of the world—New York City"s is still one of the largest pride celebrations. In 1999, President Bill Clinton gave Pride Month national recognition by declaring June "Gay & Lesbian Pride Month."
Pride 2022
Today in History
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Go by Kehinde Wiley
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In the belly of Fat Bear Week
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A different kind of dive
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Santorini through the clouds
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Christmas Bird Count
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
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Time for brass bands and beer
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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Happy New Year!
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World Space Week
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The owl that loved football
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Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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Unbearable cuteness
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Acadia transformed
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Mitsumata blossoms
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Bringing together history and technology
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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Terraced fields of green
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International Polar Bear Day
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A horse of many colors
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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Great on so many levels
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In the Most Serene Republic
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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A memorial in Germany