National Museum of American History
AIDS Quilt Panel
June 3, 2011 – February 28, 2012
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On view is a panel from the Names Project Foundation's AIDS Memorial Quilt honoring Roger Lyon. Lyon died of complications from AIDS in 1984, shortly after testifying before Congress to appeal for funding to combat the growing epidemic.