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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: March 30, 2013
Caption: Leonard Matlovich Marker
Additional Description: The marker is based on the design of Sgt. Matlovich's tombstone, located in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. Matlovich designed his own tombstone, and purposely left off his name in order that it become a memorial not just for him, but for all gay veterans. The pink triangle was originally used in concentration camps by the Nazis to identify homosexual men, but has since been adopted as a symbol of gay rights protest.
Submitted: April 2, 2013, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p237510
File Size: 2.351 Megabytes

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