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.
Stonewallâs Brigade The Virginia Brigade was first formed by Gen. Stonewall Jackson at Harperâs Ferry on April 27, 1861. He consolidated the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Infantry regiments and the Rockbridge Artillery Battery of Rockbridge County, along with units recruited in or near the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.