Kelowna Hardiness Zones and Maps. Kelowna is located in Canadian plant hardiness zone 6a near Okanagan Lake, supporting a wide variety of ornamental and native plants. Winter temperatures become cooler at higher elevations and further away from the influence of the lake.
stonewall riot. Stonewall Riot definition. A disturbance that grew out of a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular hang-out for gays in Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1969. Such raids long had been routine, but this one provoked a riot as the crowd fought back.
THE HISTORIC STONEWALL INN. W elcome to where Gay Pride began! The legendary Stonewall Inn is the birthplace of the modern Gay Rights movement. On June 28th, 1969, the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back against what had become regular, tolerated, city sanctioned harassment by the police department. For the first time in history Gay people refused to accept the status quo of oppression and stood up for themselves and, ultimately, the global Gay community.