AIDS Memorial Quilt in Asheville
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2014 · News & Politics
Honoring the dead and celebrating survivors through stories told by the AIDS Memorial Quilt.Part of the famous display is installed at the Renaissance Hotel in Asheville on Sunday for World AIDS Day.A Tapestry of Lives is a memorial to lives lost, also people living with HIV and the families, friends and caregivers affected. There are squares that were made by local people who've lost loved ones.Bobbie Laratta, Arden, I just wanted to remember those people that so many people forgot and it's so obvious when you look at these panels that these people were so special to their families and their friends. This is the fifth year sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were brought to Asheville. It's the largest display in the state.The exhibit closes Monday at 7:00 pm. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
