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December 09, 2005
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Volume 33
Issue 49
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AIDS MEMORIAL IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY DEDICATED |
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| AIDS MEMORIAL IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY DEDICATED | ||
| First AIDS memorial in Washington State, say organizers
By Bob Teichman - Special to the SGN In May of 2000 an idea was born, that all those who have suffered from HIV/AIDS should be memorialized. A group based at the Underground Bar in Everett, began a fund raising project with shows, auctions, etc. It seemed at the time, that the cemetery would be a logical setting since so many afflicted with AIDS had died. Later, a better idea was born - an AIDS Memorial on the new Snohomish County campus, right in the heart of Everett. A letter to the county executive resulted in an invitation to meet with county officials. A site was chosen on the plaza in front of the old Mission Building at Pacific and Wetmore Avenues. George Little and David Lewis of Bainbridge Island designed a sculpture flanked by two of their signature columns. A bronze plaque in the lower portion of the sculpture bears this message, "AIDS MEMORIAL of Snohomish County. We remember our friends and family lost to AIDS. We honor your struggles, your lives, and your memory. We dedicate this memorial to all those lives touched by HIV and AIDS. World AIDS Day 2005." This is the first AIDS Memorial in the State of Washington, indeed, in the Pacific Northwest and we extend to all our friends in the region a sincere invitation to visit a true work of art. |
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