AIDS Memorial Quilt project

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/AIDS_Memorial_Quilt_project
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf memorial project
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:AIDS_Quilt
gptkbp:beganIn 1987
gptkbp:category HIV/AIDS activism
memorials in the United States
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:National_Mall,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:firstDisplayed October 11, 1987
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Cleve_Jones
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label AIDS Memorial Quilt project
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:NAMES_Project_Foundation
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:National_AIDS_Memorial
gptkbp:material gptkb:textile_industry
gptkbp:notableFor largest community folk art project in the world
gptkbp:numberOfNamesCommemorated over 94,000
gptkbp:pieceCount over 48,000
gptkbp:purpose memorialize people who died of AIDS
raise awareness of HIV/AIDS
gptkbp:subjectOf documentary film 'Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt'
book 'The Quilt: Stories from the NAMES Project'
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:Memory_of_the_World_Register_(2020)
gptkbp:website https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LGBT_rights_movement_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6