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Weeks before Manhattan, the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association travels to Queens
Pictured above in the iconic 1969 convertible known as the "Stonewall Car" leading the "10th Annual
Queens County Gay Pride Parade" in Jackson Heights, NY are as follows: Jeremiah Jay Newton
(rear seat, left) born in Queens County (Flushing, NY) and
the president of S.V.A., proudly touring with
the S.V.A. director
Willson L. Henderson (rare as the "Stonewall Car" driver), S.V.A. Treasurer and
AIDS activist Terri Van Dyke (ridin' shotgun), S.V.A. Financial Secretary
Ray-Jay McCaffrey (born
in Brooklyn and living in New Jersey, a military veteran, wearing white cap and shades), and fashionable
Princess Jenni Egan, from Woodside, Queens and Vice-President of the Imperial QUEENS &
Kings of New York City. Location is on
37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, and date was
Sunday, June 2, 2002. Factoid: The S.V.A. has led all of the Queens Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender (G.L.B.T.) Pride parades since they started with the great support and participation of the
S.V.A. in 1993!
[Photo on the S.V.A. camera by Queens Gay Committee chairperson Danny D. Dromm]
And for the always huge Gay Pride Parade with the STONEWALL Vets' Assn. in Manhattan!
SVA's Shelli Vannelli disco-ing with "S/W-Car" at Gay Pride Parade
Line-up
[Photo by Dave West]
The STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") of the 1969 Stonewall
Rebellion by its happenstance origin always had a real diverse variety
of members --
and S.V.A. Assistant Social Chairperson Shelli Vannelli is
living proof! And, believe it or not, Shelli lives in East
Long Island in the East End of Suffolk County.
Princess Jenni and Dave West
[Photo by Willson Henderson]
This is another scene at the exciting New York City Gay Pride Parade line-up at a corner on upper Fifth Avenue. In the foreground is the stunning 1969 convertible "Stonewall Car". Notice the pink S.V.A. button on Dave West's pants' pocket -- on the small area for it to fit! And, Princess Jenni June Egan is attired very Hollywood starlette!
U.S. Congressmember and S.V.A. Honorary Female Chairperson Carolyn Jane 'Carolina' Maloney is in the back seat (just for this photo-op) smartly dressed in pink and wearing a straw hat and an S.V.A. button) in the famous and classic 1969 "Stonewall Car"! N.Y.S. Senator Eric T. Schneiderman (right), a supporter of the legendary STONEWALL Veterans' Association, catches up with part of the S.V.A. contingency just south of 14th Street in Manhattan. Eric energetically declared: "I had to trot two miles down Fifth Avenue to find all of you". Also shown are (l-2-r): Bert Coffman, S.V.A. Vice-President (sitting in the rear seat with shades); Terri Van Dyke, S.V.A. Treasurer (sitting in back seat with white cap -- and cane); Cristina Hayworth, S.V.A. Ambassadress up from Puerto Rico (sitting atop rear seat, waving); and Willson L. Henderson, S.V.A. Director (standing with sunburst shirt that reads "Gay" in pink lettering). In the busy background (left) is S/W-vet Meredith Nelson (showing hair only), Judy Popso (white shorts, talking to Meredith), Greg Lambert, Congressmember Maloney's G.L.B.T. Liaison (wearing blue cap) and Steven Gradman (right), PRIDE Democrats of NYC's Vice-President and "Friend-of-SVA" (wearing blue, tacky cut-offs and tacky t-shirt with tacky imprinting about a tacky printing shop on the back). You can also see the royal banner for New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, another S.V.A. guest, leading the parade!. |
"The Southermost Queen" LaLa Belle arrives for "S/W-33" at
Parade Line-up
[Photo by Ray McCaffrey]
Stonewall veteran and S.V.A. Executive Committee member LaLa Belle Meyers up from Key West, Florida, for the STONEWALL Rebellion Veterans Association ("S.V.A.") annual conference and Stonewall reunion and, of course, the "33rd Annual New York City G.L.B.T. Pride Parade! Down South, she is popularly known as "The Southern-most Queen"! It is a really beautiful and an utmost appropriate rainbow Gay Pride dress worn by LaLa plus the smartly matching rainbow parisol that she is holding high and proud. The scene is on a cross street at Fifth Avenue in the 50s for the S.V.A. parade line-up. Queen Belle is a longtime and proud member, spanning four decades, of the S.V.A. Executive Committee, composed exclusively of actual veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion. LaLa personally made the stunning rainbow dress to be on display with the S.V.A. for all the parade spectators! |
'Hurricane' Dave West -- the Disco Cowboy!
[Photo by Leigh McManus]
"On Fifth Avenue..." leading the "2002 New York City G.L.B.T. Pride Parade" are (l-2-r): Steven Gradman, Vice-President of PRIDE Democrats of NYC (oy! in tacky, cut-off dungaree shorts, ugh!); Willson Henderson, SVA's Director and the host with the most; lovely and loved and mukti-reelected United States Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, S.V.A. Honorary Female Chairperson; the Rev. Magora Kennedy, S.V.A. Chaplain (with traditional African garb); and New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, S.V.A. Honorary Member and Special Guest. The fun scene is near the Fifth Avenue Library. |
Riding above in the clearly classic and marvelously magnificent 1969 "Stonewall Car" are as follows (l-2-r): Bert A. Coffman, S.V.A. Vice-President (sitting in left rear); Senora Cristina Hayworth, S.V.A. Ambassadress and Liaison to Puerto Rico (standing and waving); Jeremiah Jay Newton, S.V.A. President (ridin' shotgun); and Ray-Jay McCaffrey, Financial Secretary (driving the famous 'Big Blue'). Obstructed, except for his white cap and waving arm, is S.V.A. Treasurer Terri Van Dyke (sitting in right rear). Traditionally, some Stonewall Vetz usually alternate riding in the very popular "Stonewall Car" during each parade (see other car photo below). |
Proudly pictured above riding in the "Big Blue" as it glides grandly and slowly down spectator-packed Christopher Street in Greenwich Village on Sunday, June 30, are (l-2-r): Terri Van Dyke, S.V.A. Treasurer (sitting in back with white cap with red brim); Cristina Hayworth, S.V.A. Ambassadress (yelling "Stonewall" back to the Gay boys up on the fire escapes); Bert Coffman, S.V.A. Vice-President (partially obscured, also sitting in back seat, wearing sunglasses); Reverend Magora Kennedy, S.V.A. Chaplain (with big white hat facing other crowd); David Foxworth, S.V.A. Social Chairperson (riding 'shotgun'); and Ray McCaffrey, S.V.A. Financial Secretary (driving the "S/W Car" very carefully). |
Proudly shown above in the blazing sun are (l-2-r): Rose Jordan Giordano, S.V.A. Executive Committee; Congressmember Carolyn Jane Maloney (a.k.a. "The Lady-in-Pink"), non-S/W-Vet but S.V.A. Honorary Female Chairperson; Willson L. Henderson, S.V.A. Founder and Director; Reverend Magora Kennedy ("Good God almighty, the woman sure makes us feel real, y'all!"), the S.V.A. Chaplain; SVA's Ambassadress Cristina Hayworth (said a prayer in Spanish); and S.V.A. President Jeremiah J. Newton. The arm on the right belongs to Bert Coffman, S.V.A. 'Vice' President. Thirty-three years ago it was the "Vice" squad. Also on the scene then and now was "Papa" Jean Devente. Notice the brick facade of The STONEWALL Club hasn't changed a bit -- that is the original outside! You can see part of the club's big Gay balloon arch. On the entire parade route, this popular scene -- or opposite in front of Sheridan Square -- is the ultimate place to be: "Where it all ignited!" -- thanks to the Stonewall Vetz! |
27th July
2021
52nd Anniversary of the S.R.V.A.
https://www.StonewallVets.org/upcomingevents.htm
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