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"Stonewall 35"
starring the
STONEWALL
Veterans' Association
of the
1969 Stonewall Rebellion
New York City
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
GLBT Pride Parade
=exact date of the 27th=
Sunday, June 27
2004
The annual GLBT pride parade in NYC is always "The Last Sunday in June"!
Full-page ad (reduced size shown) in the New York Blade News for the annual S.V.A. Gay Pride Meeting and 411 on the S.V.A. in the annual N.Y.C. Gay Pride Parade
"Vehicle Parade Permit" for the historic, well-known, famous 1969 "Stonewall Car" via the parade organizers Heritage of Pride ("HOP") -- with our name spelt wrong (again) by them, as usual. For Gay history and Gay pride reasons, it's "STONEWALL" not "Stonewall".
Greetings, it's a "Parade" not a march -- we'd know!
GLBT History: Anyone who knew anything about modern Gay "heritage of pride" would surely know the big hit single-release song from the big hit 1968 movie and big Gay fave of Gay icon Barbra Streisand. Let the S.V.Gay give you the 411: Barbra didn't sing "Don't Rain On My March"! And a year later in 1969 was Babs' other "parade" single hit song from her next hit movie. It definitely was not "Before The March Passes By". Yes, the GLBT cxommunity was and is more guided by Barbra than HOP. Enjoy the P-A-R-A-D-E!
Mayor Michael Boomberg and S.V.A. President Williamson
Henderson
[Digital Photography by Hal M. Weiner,
NPPA]
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New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg ("MRB") follows in the
longtime
tradition of Mayors Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani in being the semi-regular
guest of the STONEWALL Veterans' Associaton ("S.V.A.") in leading the
annual New York City Gay Pride Parade in Manhattan.
Interestingly, Mayor Michael -- at Mayor Rudy's urging -- first
marched with the S.V.A. in
historic 2001 when he was mayoral candidate Bloomberg. That
spectacular event virtually introduced "MRB" to the GLBT community --
and hundreds of thousands more -- at large as parade spectators.
S.V.A.
President Williamson Henderson is always so accommodating of the
S.V.A.'s special guests. They are always guaranteed real
heritage, applause, original pride, fun and great publicity.
Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, five years leading with the
S.V.A., was also in the parade.
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Countess China and Baron Baron
[Photo by Poet Minor]
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Stonewall veteran China Fucito (left) and longtime Friend-of-SVA Baron Morris, Jr. (right) are shown with the S.V.A. on lower Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. Along with their friend Williamson and the Indian chief Dave West plus the 1969 "Stonewall Car", the quintet was shown on ABC-TV news on both their evening and night editions as well as on other local television stations. |
The New York Times: Stonewall Cops, Stonewall Vetz, Stonewall Car
"The Two Sides of Stonewall Raise Glasses on Common Ground" by the NYT's Marcas Baram.
The New York Times started the story with a lively quote from S.V.A.'s Williamson Henderson.
They also interviewed the old Sixth Precinct's Stonewall police
officer Frank Toscano. At the site of the interviews, the S.V.A.
obliged the appropriate request of the NYT in having the 1969 Cadillac "Stonewall Car" on display. It was a real crowd pleaser for all of the retired NYPD cops.
S.V.A leads the New York G=L=B=T Pride Parade
[Photo by Steven L. Gradman]
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The STONEWALL Veterans' Association contingency in the annual Gay Pride Parade is fronted by S.V.A. Public Relationist Dave West, shown above as the beefy warrior Indian Chief. He is flanked on the left by Baron Morris of Far Rockaway and on the right by Robert Frankel of PRIDE Democrats. Behind the boys is the unmistakable "Stonewall Car"on their tails. You can even see Christina! |
"The Spirit of Stonewall" is sincerely shared by Mayor
Bloomberg
[Photo by Robert Anderson]
New York City Newsday: Gay Pride Parade and Politics on Display
New York City Newsday captures 1st prize photo of the N.Y.C. Mayor with some of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association's vetz and the blue "Stonewall Car"!!
"Gays March in the City: Politics, Pride mix"
P.S. S.V.A.'s Williamson "Henderson" is not related to this Newsday story staff writer Nia-Malika "Henderson"!
S.V.A. 2nd Veep Big Berti Coffman gives a Hearty Wave to the Happy Spectators
[Photo by Avery St. George]
Clearly pictured are Ray McCaffrey (with white cap) carefully driving, Bert Coffman (near rear seat) proudly waving and Dianne Yodice (far back seat) smartly posing in the fabulous blue "Stonewall Cadillac" (as one of the small local newspapers inadvertently dubbed it) riding down Fifth Avenue.
New York Post:
A Gay Day for All!
"Gay Parade Shows that We're Everywhere" by the New York Post's Stefan Friedman.
The NYP shows the S.V.A.'s Countess China in vivid, living color in their big photo.
Pre-Stonewall Yesteryear when Manhattan was run by American Indians
[Photo by Steven Gradman]
Chief Dave West (clearly shown above) leads the S.V.A. contingency in the Gay Pride Parade down Fifth Avenue. Dave's attention-grabbing attire consists of two pieces; one is his ornate and colorful head covering. The 1969 "Stonewall Car" is shown making a pit-stop!
Mayor Michael visits the Stonewall Vetz and the Stonewall Car
[Digital Photography by Hal M. Weiner,
NPPA]
| Pictured in NY are (l-2-r): New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Williamson Henderson, Baron Morris, a Mayoral security man (back appropriately turned to the camera) and, in the distance, Indian Chief Dave West. To the left (mostly blocked) is Bill Salzman, a Stonewall veteran and the Founding Principal of the Harvey Milk High School. Pointedly introduced by Williamson... Bill and Mayor M.R.B. briefly, yet interestingly, discussed the N.Y.C. school system, a top priority of the Mayor. The special policeman in the special black shirt (with his hand up to his face) apologetically approached Stormé and others in the S.V.A. to explain that his being in the Mayor's security detail keeps him from being in pictures. The rainbow Gay Pride flag (designed by a Stonewall Veteran, Gilbert Baker) looks like it is being held by Williamson. In fact, it belongs to Mayor Michael! |
New York Daily News: Vamps & Vows -- and Dave West!
"Gay Marriage Movement mixes with Glam, Glitz" by the N.Y. Daily News' Lisa Colangelo
STONEWALL Veterans' Association officials were in all of the major newspapers this year!!!! Certainly one of the best examples is the 'in living color' close-up photo of Dave West in the Gay Indian Chief "Hurricane Dave" as shown above in the New York Daily News. Serving as the perfect backdrop for Chief Hurricane Dave is the rightly visible metallic blue "Stonewall Car". Some of his headress feathers match the car color. To the left in the photo is the conspicuous visible Bill Salzman, the charter principal of the Harvey Milk High School. When the popular newspaper's sub-heading mentions the parade had "glitz", they're referring to designing Dave!
"The Stonewall People" in front of The Stonewall Club
[Photo by Leigh McManus]
Original Stonewall veterans pictured 35 years later exactly in front of the Stonewall Club are (l-2-r): Tanned Indian Chief Hurricane Dave West, rainbow Military Man Storme DeLarverie, wind-blown blond Williamson Henderson, tough-lookin' Eddie Baca, sun-glassed Meredith Nelson.... and many more not shown.
New York Blade News: Million-(plus) Person Gay Parade!
Gay Headline: "Million-Plus Person (Gay) March" by the New York Blade's Cyd Zeigler
Mayor Michael makes a Funny for Stonewall Williamson
[Photo by Eddie L. Baca]
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Proudly pictured right on
Fifth Avenue in Manhattan are New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and STONEWALL Veterans' Association
President Williamson Henderson plus longtime Friend-of-SVA Baron
Morris. They all had been together recently for the Mayor's Gay Pride event at Gracie Mansion. |
Historic Car, Historic People, Historic Scene
[Photo by Avery St. George]
For many reasons, to many people, this classic car scene looks
somewhat reminiscent to a famous American historic scene.
Walking on the left is Jack Rojas carrying the clever "Stone
Age to
Stonewall" sign. In the deep purple shirt and serious black hat
is
second-career ace photographer Hal Weiner. The S.V.A.'s Puerta
Ricana Ambassadress Cristina Hayworth (up from P.R.) is standing
center in the
grand "Stonewall Car". Oh, look, you can also see Princess
Dianne
Yodice (wearing Christian Dior sunglasses). Ray Jay McCaffrey is
driving and in the rear seat
you can't miss big Bert Coffman. Ridin' shotgun (for the
moment as he walked the route) is S.V.A. Ambassador Storme DeLarverie.
You can recognize his trademark rainbow military helmet.
Walking directly behind
the car on the left is Eddie Baca (wearing a light lavender
shirt).
SVA-er Bill Salzman
(waving) is on the right. The car has a dramatic look in
this photo that
none of us ever saw before -- even with as long and as well as we know
the many looks of this famous Cadillac. In this photo, brcause the classic Cadillac grilleis covered, the
convertible ironically appears looking like an early 1960s
Kennedy-ish Lincoln-Continental.
"After the Gay Pride Parade passes by"
[Photo by Jeremiah Newton]
Pictured with pride and fun are (l-2-r): Eddie Baca, openly-Gay candidate for the N.Y.S. Assembly and supporter of the S.V.A.; Williamson Henderson, S.V.A. President and organizer of the S.V.A. Gay Pride Parade contingency; and Bill Salzman, S.V.A. Executive Committee and high school principal, in front of the white picket fenced Hudson Corner Cafe restaurant, where the S.V.A. holds its annual post-parade "Stonewall Supperette".
Princess Dianne in the anchored "Stonewall Car" in front of
Hudson Corner
after the Parade
[Photo by Vinny Stanzione of Bensonhurst]
S.V.A. Secretary and the youngest Stonewall veteran Dianne Yodice (a.k.a. the girl from Fourth Avenue) is shown prettily behind the big wheel of the flashy Cadillac convertible.... butt dat I-talian goil frem Bruklyn ain't goin' nowheres! Fahgedaboutit! Only the S.V.A. President Williamson Henderson, Treasurer Ray McCaffrey and Assistant Andre Christie have a set of the three "SW-Car" keys! Hey, look, if dat Diannne (with 3 "n"s) goil tinks she gonna drive dat bigga car she can... fahgedaboudit! Besides, goils ain't allowed to drive da big, bad, blue Caddy 'vert!
Continuing Good News Notice:
This informative
and exciting "SW-35" Stonewall Parade file is still under development over four
years later with additions of more
pix and text (titles, captions, narratives) still in store.
Stop back!
Any information or images extracted from this file must credit:
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
70-A Greenwich Avenue
Manhattan, New York, NY 10011
5 September 2008
===39th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion===
[Friday night, June 27, 1969 =thru= Thursday night, July 3, 1969]
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