55 American History Photos And The Incredible True Stories Behind Them

On October 11, 1987, AIDS protesters unfurled an astonishing quilt over the National Mall in Washington D.C. The Aids Memorial Quilt contained 1,920 panels, each dedicated to someone who had died of AIDS.

However the death toll from AIDS was much higher. Between 1981 and 1988, more than 40,000 people died of AIDS in the United States.