AIDS Memorial Quilt - On October 11-13, 1996 -- twenty years ago today -- the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt was on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and the world
![WASHINGTON, DC, USA, OCTOBER 11, 1996 - NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on National Mall, stretching from Washington Monument to U.S. Capitol, aerial view Stock Photo - Alamy WASHINGTON, DC, USA, OCTOBER 11, 1996 - NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on National Mall, stretching from Washington Monument to U.S. Capitol, aerial view Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BM3WX7/washington-dc-usa-october-11-1996-names-project-aids-memorial-quilt-on-national-mall-stretching-from-washington-monument-to-us-capitol-aerial-view-2BM3WX7.jpg)
WASHINGTON, DC, USA, OCTOBER 11, 1996 - NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on National Mall, stretching from Washington Monument to U.S. Capitol, aerial view Stock Photo - Alamy
![AIDS Memorial Quilt of the Names Project Foundation is displayed on the National Mall 1987 | Smithsonian Institution AIDS Memorial Quilt of the Names Project Foundation is displayed on the National Mall 1987 | Smithsonian Institution](https://www.si.edu/sites/default/files/newsdesk/photos/aids-quilt.jpg)
AIDS Memorial Quilt of the Names Project Foundation is displayed on the National Mall 1987 | Smithsonian Institution
![The Cultural Work of Interactive Memorials: Lessons from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Digital Experience Project - The Center for the Humanities The Cultural Work of Interactive Memorials: Lessons from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Digital Experience Project - The Center for the Humanities](https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/files/uploads/32.AIDS.Quilt.Display.SFF46.WDC.8July2012_9059829979.jpg)
The Cultural Work of Interactive Memorials: Lessons from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Digital Experience Project - The Center for the Humanities
![WOMENSART on Twitter: "The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, memorial to celebrate the lives of people who died of AIDS-related causes. Created by and cared for many n the LGBT community, especially WOMENSART on Twitter: "The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, memorial to celebrate the lives of people who died of AIDS-related causes. Created by and cared for many n the LGBT community, especially](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2zbUcmWQAUr2vo.jpg)