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The AIDS Memorial Quilt will be displayed atHamilton College on Tuesday, April 14 and Wednesday, April 15. The Quiltdisplay will be housed in Sage Rink and is free and open to the public fromnoon to 9 p.m., on April 14 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on April 15. A seriesof events, including the traditional reading of the names of those who havedied from complications related to AIDS will accompany the display.

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the project of the San Francisco-based NAMESProject Foundation. The foundation and Quilt were started in 1987 by gayrights activist Cleve Jones and a group of volunteers who created the Quilt asa tribute to friends and loved ones who had succumbed to AIDS.

The Quilt was first displayed to the public later that year on the CapitolMall. At that time, there were 1,920 panels and the Quilt was a little largerthan a football field. Today, the Quilt consists of over 43,000 panels andcovers over 16 football fields.

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