Stonewall or Stone wall may refer to:
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Stone wall
Stone walls are a kind of masonry construction that has been used for thousands of years. The first stone walls were constructed by farmers and primitive people by piling loose field stones into a dry stone wall. Later, mortar and plaster ...
, a kind of masonry construction
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Stonewalling, engaging in uncooperative or delaying tactics
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Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots (also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall) were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of ...
, a 1969 turning point for the modern LGBTQ rights movement in Greenwich Village, New York City
Places
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Stone Wall (Australia), an escarpment overlooking the Murchison River Gorge
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Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
United States
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Stonewall, California, an 1870s mining camp in the Cuyamaca Mountains
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Stonewall, Georgia
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Stonewall, Louisiana
Stonewall is a town in northern DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,814 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Shreveport– Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
North DeSoto High School and the Garland Sco ...
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Stonewall, Mississippi
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Stonewall, North Carolina
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Stonewall, Oklahoma
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Stonewall County, Texas
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Stonewall, Texas, in Gillespie County
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Stonewall, West Virginia
Arts and entertainment
* ''Stonewall'', a 1993 account of the Stonewall riots by
Martin Duberman
Martin Bauml Duberman (born August 6, 1930) is an American historian, biographer, playwright, and gay rights activist. Duberman is Professor of History Emeritus at Herbert Lehman College in the Bronx, New York City.
Early life
Duberman was born ...
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''Stonewall'' (1995 film), about the riots
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''Stonewall'' (2015 film), about the riots
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Stonewall (comics) Stonewall is the codename of two characters from Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The first Stonewall first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #215 and was created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis.
The second Stonewall first appeared in ''Mighty Av ...
, a character in the Marvel universe
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Stonewall (opera), an opera commissioned by New York City Opera
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Stonewall Book Award, a set of three literary awards
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The Stonewall Chorale
The Stonewall Chorale, founded in New York City in 1977, is America's first LGBTQIA chorus. The Chorale, a four-part mixed chorus of approximately 60 members, annually performs three subscription concerts at various venues in New York City. Its ...
, an LGBT choir based in New York City, founded in 1979
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The Stonewall Operas
''The Stonewall Operas'', are a series of four mini- operas inspired by the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the spark of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, which had their world premiere in May 2019 at New York University's Shubert ...
, four mini-operas commissioned by New York University
Games
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Stonewall (solitaire) Stonewall is a solitaire card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such ...
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Stonewall Attack
The Stonewall Attack is a chess opening characterized by White (generally) playing their pawns to d4 and e3, playing Bd3, Nd2, and then playing pawns to c3 and then f4; although the moves are not always played in that order (see transposition). T ...
, a chess opening
** Stonewall Variation, in the
Dutch Defence
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
:1. d4 f5
Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's ; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especia ...
chess opening
Events
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Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019, events marking the fiftieth anniversary of the riots
Military
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CSS ''Stonewall'', a French-built warship built for the Confederate States Navy
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Operation Stonewall
Operation Stonewall was a World War II operation to intercept blockade runners off the west coast of German-occupied France. It was an effective example of inter-service and international co-operation.
Background
From the start of the war, th ...
, a World War II military operation
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Stonewall Brigade
The Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was a famous combat unit in United States military history. It was trained and first led by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a professor from Virginia Military ...
, an American Civil War Confederate unit
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USS ''Stonewall Jackson'' (SSBN-634), a ballistic missile submarine
Organizations and landmarks
Australia
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Stonewall Resources
Stonewall Resources () is an Australian gold mining company with exploration and development operations in New South Wales, Australia and Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
History
The company was founded in 2008 as Meridien Resources Limite ...
, an Australian mining company
United Kingdom
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Stonewall (charity), the largest British LGBT rights organisation, formed in 1989
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Stonewall F.C., a British gay football team
United States
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Stonewall (Rocky Mount, North Carolina), a NRHP-listed plantation house
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Stonewall Democrats
Stonewall Democrats, also known in some states as LGBT Democrats, is a caucus within the Democratic Party that advocates for issues that are relevant to LGBT Americans. The caucus primarily operates through individual chapters or political clubs ...
, a United States Democratic Party caucus
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Stonewall Young Democrats
The Stonewall Young Democrats (SYD) are youth-based organization across the country which are part of the LGBT-rights group in the United States, affiliated with the ''National Stonewall Democrats'' and with the Democratic Party.
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, an affiliated youth-based organization
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Stonewall Inn
The Stonewall Inn, often shortened to Stonewall, is a gay bar and recreational tavern in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, and the site of the Stonewall riots of 1969, which is widely considered to be the sin ...
, site of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City
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Stonewall National Monument, a park and landmark adjacent to the inn
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Stonewall Jackson Hotel
The Hotel 24 South is a historic hotel in Staunton, Virginia, opened in 1924. History
The hotel was built in 1924 as the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. Designed by H.L. Stevens & Company, H.L. Stevens, it is considered an excellent example of the archit ...
, a hotel in Staunton, Virginia named after General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Stonewall of Miami Beach, a mixed disco that hosted the 1974 ''
Wild Side Story
''Wild Side Story'' is a parody musical that originated in 1973 as a drag show on the gay scene of Miami Beach, soon developed there into an underground happening for mixed audiences, and up until 2004 was performed hundreds of times in Florida, ...
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Stonewall National Museum and Archives, an LGBT museum and library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida not directly related to the inn or the riots
People
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Erling Stonewall (died 1207), a 13th-century Norwegian pretender to the throne
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Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, considered one of the best-known Confederate commanders, after Robert E. Lee. He played a prominent role in nearl ...
(1824–1863), American Civil War Confederate general, Professor of Physics, Virginia Military Institute
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Stonewall Jackson (musician) (born 1932), country musician
See also
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Stonewall Uprising
''Stonewall Uprising'' is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. ''Stonewall Uprising'' made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010, at the Film For ...
'' (2010), a documentary film
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Before Stonewall
''Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community '' is a 1984 American documentary film about the LGBT community prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots. It was narrated by author Rita Mae Brown, directed by Greta Schiller, co-directed b ...
'', a 1984 documentary film
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After Stonewall'', a 1999 documentary film
* Montreal's Stonewall, a 1990 police raid on
Sex Garage
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Dry stone
Dry stone, sometimes called drystack or, in Scotland, drystane, is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. Dry stone structures are stable because of their construction me ...
, a method of building without mortar
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