A portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display in the “Classic City” from Feb. 18-20 as part of a commemoration for AIDS Athens’ 25th year of providing HIV / AIDS services.
The three day event will be held at the city's Classic Center and will begin with an opening ceremony Feb. 18 from 6-7:30 p.m. Many of the sections on display will have significance to the Athens area.
The quilt is maintained by The Names Project and was first conceived in the mid-1980s by San Francisco gay rights activist Cleve Jones as a way to memorialize a growing number lost to AIDS. Since its inception, more than 40,000 panels have been added to the memorial.