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I first saw the AIDS Memorial Quilt in 1989 in Washington, D.C. just as the epidemic was gathering pace. The overwhelming feeling was terror. I remember bumping into ...
For four decades, it’s been an enduring symbol of the AIDS epidemic. Now a section of the famous National AIDS Memorial Quilt will visit Fort Myers.
Paula Wolfson looks at the AIDS Memorial Quilt ... with Ramirez to make a quilt square, mapping out their story. The quilt square was first displayed in Washington, D.C., in 1994 and has been ...
On April 20, 1991, the AIDS Memorial Quilt ... As the project grew, other cities sent quilt panels to be sewn into the memorial. During the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights ...
A piece of LGBTQ+ history is coming to Oneonta. The National AIDS Memorial Quilt, “considered the largest community arts project in history,” according to project literature, was installed in ...
The last display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt happened in October 1996, according to the website. The quilt covered the entire National Mall in Washington, D.C. An estimated 1.2 million ...