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        Watch Mary Lambert Sing at the Stonewall Inn Dedication
    The out performer helped christen the New York tavern -- which helped spark the modern queer rights movement -- as a national monument.
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Watch Mary Lambert Sing at the Stonewall Inn Dedication

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