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2. NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt - Wikipedia

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   For the AIDS Memorial Quilt's 25th anniversary in July 2012, comprising over 48,000 panels honoring 94,000 lives lost to AIDS, it returned to the National Mall and 50 sites around D.C. during the XIX International AIDS Conference. Due to its size, organizers rotated 1,500 panels daily at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

3. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt - Wikipedia

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   Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt is a 1989 American documentary film that tells the story of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. [2] Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, with a musical score written and performed by Bobby McFerrin, the film focuses on several people who are represented by panels in the Quilt, combining personal reminiscences with archive footage of the subjects, along with ...

4. President Biden and first lady to debut AIDS Memorial Quilt ...

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   The quilt, which is regularly displayed across the U.S. as an education tool, now contains nearly 50,000 panels, honoring more than 105,000 lives lost. MORE: RFK Jr. has been picked for HHS secretary.

5. White House hosts AIDS Memorial Quilt for first time - AOL

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   U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday hosted AIDS survivors, advocates, and family members who lost loved ones to the disease for a display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the ...

6. Biden has AIDS Memorial Quilt at White House to observe World ...

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   There were 124 sections of the quilt on the lawn to commemorate people who died due to AIDS-related illnesses. Conceived in 1985, the quilt made its public first appearance in 1987. There was also a red ribbon, a symbol of support and awareness for those with HIV and AIDS, draped across the South Portico of the White House.

7. Cleve Jones - Wikipedia

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   Jones conceived the idea of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at a candlelight memorial for Harvey Milk in 1985 and in 1987 created the first quilt panel in honor of his friend Marvin Feldman. [12] The AIDS Memorial Quilt has grown to become the world's largest community arts project, memorializing the lives of over 85,000 Americans killed by AIDS. [13]