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Loved Ones, Remembered, Memorialized in Quilt Panels Display at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga.

The display featured numerous panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

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Tthe AIDS Memorial Quilt came to Athens from Feb. 18 to 20. Or at least 80 blocks, covering the new grand hall in the Classic Center.

The blocks represented 600 people. And was the largest art display to come to Athens, said AIDS Athens director Olivia Long.

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This year is AIDS Athens' 25th year of service and the 25th year of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

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