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Photos: Largest Display of AIDS Memorial Quilt in a Decade Comes to San Francisco — With All the Emotions

The National AIDS Memorial Quilt spans about 1.2 million square feet over its 48,000 textile panels, honoring 125,000 people who have died of HIV/AIDS since 1980. This weekend, 3,000 of those panels covered Golden Gate Park in what became SF's largest display of the historic quilt — ever.

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SF’s Largest-Ever AIDS Quilt Display Coming to Golden Gate Park in June

We’re gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex, because the largest AIDS Quilt display since the 2012 Washington, D.C. National Mall display — and the largest ever here in San Francisco — is set for June 11 and 12 in Golden Gate Park.

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AIDS Quilt Leftovers Being Hand-Sewn Into COVID-19 Masks By ‘The Mother of the Quilt’

“Chief Quilt Coordinator” Gert McMullin is sewing 80 masks per day out of unused AIDS Quilt fabric that dates back to the 1980s.

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SF’s Largest-Ever AIDS Quilt Display Coming for Golden Gate Park Anniversary

We’re gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex, as the biggest AIDS Memorial Quilt display San Francisco has ever seen will be part of Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary proceedings.