Obama designates Stonewall Inn a national monument ‘dedicated to telling the story of LGBT Americans’

President Obama announced Friday that the Stonewall Inn, the site of the 1969 riots credited with launching the LGBT rights movement, will be named a National Historic Monument.

The White House released a video honoring the Stonewall Inn, which the administration said will be “the first official National Park Service unit dedicated to telling the story of LGBT Americans, just days before the one year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing marriage equality in all 50 states.”

In the video, Obama said: “I believe our national parks should reflect the full story of our country, the richness and diversity and uniquely American spirit that has always defined us: that we are stronger together, that out of many, we are one.”

On June 28, 1969, a riot ensued at the bar after the New York Police Department raided the establishment to block the sale of alcohol to gay patrons. The people there refused to cooperate with the police as the Stonewall crowd grew.

“The Stonewall riots in 1969, I think, obviously was a very pivotal point in our history,” activist Eunic Ortiz said in the White House video. “It was when we all stood up, and a trans woman of color said, ‘Enough is enough,’ and it started a movement. And it started a movement that said, ‘We’re not less than you. We are your equals.’”

The bar has been a gathering site for gay rights activists throughout the Obama presidency. Notably, LGBT activists swarmed Stonewall last year after the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages are a constitutional right.

Mourners also congregated there earlier this month after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 people.