Era: 1954-1973—YOUTH

October 19 1996: David’s ashes scattered on White House lawn

White House, Washington D.C.

December 1973: Works on Plattsburgh New York Farm

David Wojnarowicz self portrait at Plattsburgh New York Farm, 1973 contact sheet from The David Wojnarowicz Papers in the Downtown Collection Courtesy Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University

April 5 1978: Performs at Glines with Brian Butterick

Postcard for "Leaning with that Grey Beast of Desire," performance. Music and Poetry by Brian Butterick and David Wojnarowicz, The Glines

1978: Moves to Orchard Street

Brian Butterick circa 1978. Photo by and courtesy Dirk Rowntree.

September 14 1954: Born in Red Bank, New Jersey

1956: David’s Parents Divorce

David Wojnarowicz doodle of red lightening bolt

1964: Reunites With His Mother in New York City

David Wojnarowicz's mother, Dolores Vanya (né McGuinness) circa 1989. Contact sheet courtesy .. David Wojnarowicz Papers in the Downtown Collection of Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University

1969: Hustles Times Square

David Wojnarowicz, Seven Miles a Second. Illustrated by James Romberg and Marguerite Van Cook. New York: DC Comics, 1996

June 1969: Stonewall Uprising

A modest article appearing in The New York Times on the Monday after the Stonewall Inn uprising

August 1971: Attends Outward Bound Camp

1971 journal entry from The David Wojnarowicz Papers courtesy The Downtown Collection Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.