People view the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the National Mall this week.
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A sunrise ceremony is held in 1987 in Washington, near part of the quilt bearing the names of people who have died of AIDS.
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Thousands of people examine the individual panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt as it is displayed in Washington in 1992.
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Volunteers lay out the quilt on the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1992.
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Then-President Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton visit the quilt on the Mall in 1992, when it was made up of 40,000 panels that covered the equivalent of 24 football fields.
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Marchers carry portions of the quilt through the Mall during a 2001 march in observance of the 20th year of public awareness of HIV and AIDS.
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Visitors tour portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at the National Mall this week.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is too big to display all in one piece. Since 1987, it has grown to more than 48,000 panels that honor the lives of more than 94,000 people who have died of AIDS. The last time the whole quilt was shown together was in 1996, on the National Mall. Now it's back in Washington, D.C., for its 25th anniversary.
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