Trump admin agrees to fly Pride flag at New York’s Stonewall National Monument

The Trump administration dropped its attempts Monday to prohibit the rainbow Pride flag from flying at New York City’s Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village.The change comes after LGBTQ and historic preservation groups sued the administration over its order to remove the flag at the monument. The monument consists of Christopher Park and the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar where riots took place in June of 1969.
The administration previously instructed officials not to fly the LGBTQ flag at the site in February after federal guidance instructed parks to only fly Department of the Interior and some POW/MIA flags, with certain exceptions. 
The Interior Department and National Park Service “have confirmed their intention to maintain a Pride flag at Stonewall,” according to court documents reported by the Associated Press, and the flags will not be removed except for “maintenance or other practical purposes.”
Under the proposed settlement agreement, the Park Service will hang three flags on the Stonewall monument flagpole, and the Pride flag will fly between the American flag and Park Service flag.
The settlement will still need to be approved by a judge before it can take effect.
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