October is National AIDS Awareness Month. An unfolding ceremony at noon Oct. 28 at The Commons opens the display.
Admission is free.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt was started 10 years ago. Today the quilt carries the names of more than 45,000 people from 39 countries. Materials used in the quilt include Barbie dolls, car keys, champagne glasses, cremation ashes, jeans, jockstraps, paintings, photographs, tennis shoes and wedding rings. When displayed in its entirety, the quilt covers the equivalent of 12 football fields. Each of the panels represents someone who has died from complications of AIDS, such as members of the Goedken family, originally of Monticello.