LGBTQ+ activists saw the flag's removal as a targeted affront meant to diminish a site that is all about their fight for rights and visibility.
June has been an important month for the LGBTQ+ rights movement since New York City's first Pride march.
The National LGBTQ Wall of Honor posthumously recognizes and celebrates the work of activists, artists and others.
Erik Bottcher tweeted photos of the flags with the sticks snapped and thrown to the ground.
The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement was born at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on a steamy summer night in 1969, and 53 years later, Eyewitness News ls looking back at this historic event in a half-hour special.
Just this month, on National Coming Out Day, President Joe Biden said the country still has more to do, including passage of the Equality Act.