STONEWALL

Veterans'   Association

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next
S.V.A.

Meeting

Saturday
July 31st
2010
4:15 - 6 pm

The
G.L.B.T. 
Center
 

 N.Y.C.

 

Stonewall Veterans Organization

 


future
S.V.A.

Meeting

Saturday
Aug. 28th
2010
4:15 - 6 pm

The
G.L.B.T.
Center

N.Y.C.

S.V.A. pix include the original 8-color Gay Pride Flag, the landmark Stonewall Club, the famous "Stonewall Car" leading a Gay Pride parade, the "Songs of The Stonewallfrom the Stonewall jukebox and many Stonewall Veterans such as Queen Allyson Allante, Jeremiah Newton, Cristina HayworthBill SalzmanRev. Magora KennedyTerri Van Dyke and Dave West .


S.V.A.
Stonewall Icons

* Mae West  *  Bette Davis  *  Joan Crawford  *  Lana Turner  *  Judy Garland  *  Liz Taylor  *   Marilyn Monroe  *  Julie Andrews  *   Shirley Bassey  *  Barbra Streisand  *  Diana Ross  *  Cher Sarkisian   *  Dolly Parton  *  Liza Minnelli  *  Madonna Ciccone  *  Michael Jackson  


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Stonewall Top 20 SW-Vetz @ SW-Website
   Popularity based on weekly webfile visits.  
  Some SVA-ers have two URLs (.org/.net/.us).
Updated - week ending:  25th July 2010
 

1.  Williamson Henderson (S.V.A. Director)
2.  Terri J. Van Dyke (former S.V.A. Treasurer)
3.  Queen Allyson Allante (S.V.A. Spokesperson)
4.  Storme DeLarverie (S.V.A. Ambassador & Executive Committee)
5.  Emile Griffith, Jr. (former S.V.A. Vice-President)
6.  Jackie W. Barrett (S.V.A. Ambassadress & Executive Committee)
7.  Electra O'Mara (former S.V.A. Secretary)
8.  Jeremiah J. Newton (former S.V.A. President)
9.  David F. West (former S.V.A. Public Relationist)
10.  R. Bert Coffman


11.  Bill Salzman
(S.V.A. Executive Committee)
12.  Cristina Hayworth (Latin America & Puerto Rico Liaison to S.V.A.)
  13.  Rev. Magora Kennedy (Chaplain)
14.  David J. Foxworth
15.  David V. Bermudez (S.V.A. Executive Committee)
16.  Ruthybird Campbell (S.V.A. Executive Committee)
17.  Thomas Robert Stevens 
18.  Aubrey Lees 
19.  Ray J. McCaffrey
20.  Keith D. Lonesome

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S.V.A. Button


STONEWALL Veterans' Association Button
[Designed by David B. Reck]

 

The official and only STONEWALL Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") big button is round with a symbolic, dark pink outline of brickwork stones creating the "stone wall" effect.  The impressive button includes the S.V.A. name and the year of its inception in 1969.  New York City District Leader David B. Reck, who was commissioned by the S.V.A.'s founder Williamson Henderson to create this unique item, is the exclusive designer.  Mr. Reck is also the sole producer of the limited edition, optional pin-on or clip-on button.  The eye-catching S.V.A. button is distributed only to:  (a) the actual veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion registered as S.V.A. members; (b) the Executive Committee elected by the S.V.A. membership; and (c) the significant S.V.A. Honorary Members approved by the S.V.A. Executive Committee.  The unique S.V.A. button is truly treasured!   

       

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S.V.A. Synopsis

The STONEWALL Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") is comprised of the actual, surviving and active veterans of the 1969 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("GLBT") monumental 1969 Stonewall Rebellion at and the former regular patrons of The Stonewall Club (no one called it the "Inn") at 51 and 53 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, New York, U.S.A.  The rebellion (it was not a 'riot') lasted five inconsecutive nights (they were not 'riots') from Friday, June 27th, to Thursday, July 3rd, 1969.  On two nights (June 30 and July 1) it rained, so, no one wanting to get rained on, the rebellion was postponed!  Symbolically, it was on the 'seventh day', July 4th, American Independence Day, that the united Gay community triumphantly celebrated our Gay independence -- though not our full civil rights and freedoms!  

The S.V.A. was founded on the following Friday, July 11, 1969, literally just a stone's throw from The Village in a New York delicatessen restaurant on 14th Street.  The S.V.A. organization is a cultural, historical, educational. advocacy and politically-aware, non-profit, volunteer organization primarily, but not exclusively, for the GLBT communities.  It includes the S.V.A.'s non-Gay friends and supporters.  The S.V.A. is registered (since 1969) with the New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau and listed with the City of New York's non-profit groups.  

The "STONEWALL Newzletta" is the popular publication of the S.V.A.  Originally a two-sided news flyer, it grew to a 16-page newsletter with commendation letters from public officials and business advertisements.  An "S.V.A. Speakers Bureau" of Stonewall veterans is available to other organizations and groups and for events and forums.  The Stonewall veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion led the annual New York Gay Pride parades in Manhattan (1970 to 2009), Queens (through 2004), Long Island (until 2000), Brooklyn (through 2006), The Bronx (1998 to 2001 when they ended) and sometimes across the big bridge to Staten Island.  Spanning a few decades, the S.V.A. periodically partakes in the annual nighttime Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.  The S.V.A. leading any New York City parade is with the classic, eye-catching and now famous 1969 blue Cadillac convertible "Stonewall Car" with the big white wall tires and the colorful magnetic signs that read "1969 Stonewall Car"!  

For in-person 411, the S.V.A. regularly meets on the last Saturday of every month @ 4:15 p.m. at the New York City GLBT Community Center.  For more 411, telephone the S.V.A. at (212) 6-27-1969 (the exact date of the first night of the Stonewall Rebellion, June 27, 1969).  You may visit the S.V.A. on the worldwide web at their ten million verified 'visits' a year fabulous website at:  www.STONEWALLvets.org.    

 

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S.V.A. Meetings

The STONEWALL Veterans' Associaton ("S.V.A.") meets every month (rain or shine, heatwave or snowstorm) on the last Saturday.  The time of the monthly S.V.A. meetings is from 4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. and beyond, if needed.  The location is at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ("GLBT") Community Services Center ("The Center") at 212 West 13 Street (between Seventh Avenue and Greenwich Avenue) in Manhattan, New York.  The Center is accessible by car with free street parking or many paid garages.  New York City Transit ("NYCT") bus routes in Manhattan near The Center are the following:  M-14-A and M-14-D (14th Street), M-20 (Seventh and Eighth Avenues) and M-11 (Ninth Avenue).  The Center is also convenient via the following NYCT subways:  #1, #2, #3, "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "L" and "Q" (for "Queen").  If you need more "411" about the GLBT Center or to see their "Gay Groups" listing for the S.V.A., visit:  www.GayCenter.org.