 for Stonewall National Monument. It was at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, in 1969 that patrons decided to fight back against police who raided the venue. I can say as a proud English gay man that this is one of the biggest honors of my life to be here today. Music icon Elton John says the five days of rioting at the Stonewall Inn changed the face of gay life in America and the world. Thank you, too, for celebrating our place as equal,