It's Coming

 Here are some quilt facts!

• Funds Raised for Direct Services for People with AIDS: $3,200,000 (U.S.)
• Number of Visitors to Quilt: 14,500,000
• Number of Panels in the Quilt: Over 44,000
• Number of Names on Quilt: 84,000*
• Number of football fields: 17 football fields without walkway between sections; 25 football fields with walkway
• Miles of Fabric: 50 miles long if all 3'x6' panels were laid end to end. Greater than the distance between Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts
• Total Weight: 50 tons without walkway
• NAMES Project Chapters: 35
• International Affiliates: 43
  

Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, North Ireland, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Uganda, United States (All 50 states, Guam & Puerto Rico), Zambia.

Nancy & Bosco, Jr.; Claire Shelley Cowles & Jonathan Claiborne; Jennifer Lynn & Angela Folsom; John & Matsuko Gaffney; Elizabeth Glaser & Ariel; Courtney & Keith Gordon; Erica Burgandy Lee Osweiler & Jonathan Lee Osweiler; Gloria & Linette Pantojas; Elizabeth & Maria Prophet; Sunday Romano & Peter Stoichev; Valeriano & Waldo Suarez; Kristen-Lee Tillotson & Patrick Tillotson; Alice & Heather Marie Zajkowski; Jackie Lee & Tony.

Peter Allen, entertainer; Arthur Ashe, tennis player; Michael Bennett, director/choreographer; Kimberly Bergalis, advocate for HIV testing of health care workers; Mel Boozer, black and gay rights activist; Arthur Bressan, Jr., filmmaker; Michael Callen, singer; Tina Chow, clothing designer; Roy Cohn, attorney; Brad Davis, actor; Eazy E, rap artist; Perry Ellis, fashion designer; Wayland Flowers, comedian; Michel Foucault, philosopher; Alison Gertz, AIDS activist; Halston, fashion designer; Keith Haring, artist; Rock Hudson, actor; James Kirkwood, writer; Liberace, performer; Arnold Lobel, children's author; Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer; Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, gay rights activist; Stewart McKinney, U.S. Congressman, R-CT; Freddie "Mercury" Bulsara, lead singer of rock group Queen; Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer; Anthony Perkins, actor; Robert Reed, actor; Marlon Riggs, filmmaker; Max Robinson, ABC news anchor; Vito Russo, writer; Jerry Smith, Washington Redskin; Willi Smith, fashion designer; Sylvester, singer; Dr. Tom Waddell, Olympic athlete; Ryan White, AIDS activist; Ricky Wilson, guitarist with the B-52's, Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist.

100 year-old quilt, afghans, Barbie dolls, bubble-wrap, burlap, buttons, car keys, carpet, champagne glasses, condoms, corduroy, corsets, cowboy boots, cremation ashes, credit cards, curtains, dresses, feather boas, first-place ribbons, fishnet hose, flags, fur, gloves, hats, human hair, jeans, jewelry, jockstraps, lace, lam*, leather, Legos, love letters, Mardi Gras masks, merit badges, mink, motorcycle jackets, needlepoint, paintings, pearls, photographs, pins, plastic, quartz crystals, racing silks, records, rhinestones, sequins, shirts, silk flowers, studs, stuffed animals, suede, taffeta, tennis shoes, vinyl, wedding rings.

*The names on the Quilt represent 20% of all U.S. AIDS deaths.

From AidsQuilt.org