On this day in 1969, a series of demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ community against police too

On this day in 1969, a series of demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ community against police took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, later to be known as the Stonewall riots. To commemorate this watershed moment for LGBTQ rights, artist Cary Leibowitz designed Stonewall Yarmulke (Shalom Independence: July 4, 1776 - June 27, 1969) custom-made skullcaps now part of the Jewish Museum collection. A symbol of traditional Jewish observance, the yarmulkes become a canvas for the expression of various social and political ideas from domestic politics to Holocaust remembrance to gay pride.