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- proper noun A series of
riots in 1969New York City , beginning with the patrons of thegay bar "The Stonewall Inn" resistingpolice arrest , which marked the beginning of themilitant gay rights movement.
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MATTHEW PEREZ, STONEWALL, TEXAS: I'm Specialist Matthew Perez from Stonewall, Texas, where with the 101st Airborne Division, 1st BCT.
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During my introductory remarks, in passing, I used the term "Stonewall," at which point a young man raised his hand and asked me, "What is a 'Stonewall?'"
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Warren J. Blumenfeld 2012
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Not far from where Thomas Jonathan Jackson fought his way through the brush—and grape and chain shot—to earn the name Stonewall.
Edge Jeffery Deaver 2010
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Thomas Jonathan Jackson, who earned the name "Stonewall" in the course of the fighting.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Agner's school, Laurel Hill Elementary in the Lorton area of Fairfax, is about 20 miles southeast of the battlefield where a Confederate general named Thomas J. Jackson earned the nickname "Stonewall" in July 1861.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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Stonewall is a national organization with over 120 chapters that works to elect and support gay-friendly Democratic lawmakers from the local to the federal level.
Kyle Bailey to lead National Stonewall Democrats (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Stonewall is politically active group which is not a registered political party but which campaigns on political issues.
Ruralshire Constabulary lost data scandal! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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If someone wants to join Stonewall, Save the Whale, Stone the Whale, Shave the wall or whatever crack on; I see them differently to a political party.
Ruralshire Constabulary lost data scandal! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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They clashed during what became known as the Stonewall riots.
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A good many picturesque old houses remain in the village, among them being one called Stonewall Farm, a structure of the fifteenth century with an original billet-moulded porch and Gothic barge-boards.
Vanishing England 1892
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