The enormous patchwork consists of 240 blue six-pointed stars: “Each star is a body, a human. I get emotional talking about ...

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, a powerful symbol of the human toll of the virus, was originally displayed on the National Mall during the October 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay ...

Joe Biden made history on World AIDS Day last Sunday by being the first president to display panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the ... me if I would come to Washington to explain to senators ...

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 ...

Dec 1, 2019 Dec 1, 2019 Updated Feb 6, 2025 YOUNTVILLE — The ravages of AIDS can be captured in the numbers of the thousands who have lost their lives to the disease over nearly four decades ...

from permanent fixtures such as the Washington Monument and the Vietnam War Memorial to temporary collaborative installations like the AIDS Memorial Quilt. “In America: Remember,” by Washington, D.C., ...

The hand-stitched UK Aids memorial quilt created by family and friends of those who died, is made up of 49 panels, one of which is being shown at St Andrew's Church in Runcorn, Cheshire.