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The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt or AIDS Quilt, is a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes. Weighing an estimated 54 tons, [ 1 ] it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world, as of 2020.
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 ...
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Sunday by debuting the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House. A red ribbon will also be displayed on the South Portico of ...
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 ...
It's a living tribute to people who've died from HIV/AIDS — a disease that attacks the body's immune system. Newsy visited the quilt's home in San Leandro, California. Gert McMullin has mothered ...
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The 200,000 person estimate, widely quoted from The New York Times, [1] was made several hours before the march actually began; similarly, most of the pictures the mainstream media used were taken early in the morning, or of the AIDS Quilt viewing area rather than of the much larger march itself. Police on the scene estimated numbers during the ...
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