Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 21:07:08 -0500
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NOVEMBER 29, 1994
CONTACT: MICHAEL S. BRODER       415/882-5500
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TO CONTACT THE  NAMES PROJECT FOUNDATION, PLEASE CALL US AT 415/882-5500, FAX
US AT 415/882-6200, OR WRITE US AT 310 TOWNSEND ST., STE. 310, SAN FRANCISCO,
CA  94107.  WE CANNOT RESPOND TO E-MAIL.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NAMES PROJECT TO DISPLAY ENTIRE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Display Set For Columbus Day Weekend, October 11-13, 1996

Plans are underway to display the entire NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
together again in Washington, D.C.  The display, scheduled for Columbus Day
weekend in 1996, will be the fifth showing of the entire Quilt in Washington,
D.C. since The NAMES Project's inception in 1987.  The Quilt, which
commemorates the lives of men, women and children who have died of AIDS, is
made up of thousands of individual three-by-six foot cloth memorials.

Anthony Turney, executive director of The NAMES Project Foundation, announced
plans for the upcoming display.  "We are embarking on a two-year journey to
take the entire Quilt to the nation's capital.  By covering the ground with
50,000 Quilt panels, we will send a loud and unmistakable message to our
nation's leaders."  Seven years since its inaugural appearance in Washington
D.C., the Quilt has increased 14 times in size, from 1,920 three-by-six foot
panels in 1987, to its current size of more than 28,000 memorials.  The NAMES
Project estimates that by the time of the display in 1996, the Quilt will
include as many as 50,000 panels and cover more than 32 acres.

Turney continued, "Several weeks before critical U.S. elections, when the
spotlight is on the President and elected members of Congress, we will
display the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington-to ensure that AIDS and
its awful cost is remembered as part and parcel of the American, and
international, agenda."

The display will mark the first showing of the entire Quilt since 1992, when
many felt the Quilt could no longer be displayed in its entirety due to its
enormous size.  "A display this size is always a bittersweet proposition,"
said Turney.  "The fact that the 1996 Quilt display will be 25 times larger
than it was in 1987 is a horrific tragedy, because each one of those panels
represents a life that shouldn't have been lost."  In order to fit the entire
Quilt onto the grounds, The NAMES Project will need to cover all the Mall
from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.

Currently, The NAMES Project continues to display portions of the Quilt
worldwide to help bring an end to AIDS epidemic.  The organization's goals
are to provide a creative means for remembrance and healing, to illustrate
the enormity of the AIDS epidemic, to increase public awareness of AIDS, to
assist with HIV prevention education, and to raise funds for community-based
AIDS service organizations.  New panels continue to be added to the Quilt on
a daily basis.

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