How to View the 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt Project
The 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt, which measures more than 15,000 square feet, continually tours the country until it can find a permanent home in either Washington, DC or New York City. Also known as the "United in Memory" Quilt, its location can be easily determined by checking the official website.
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Volunteer to assist with the handling of the quilt when it makes an appearance in your area since the opening of the quilt always requires a few hundred helping hands. The 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt Project also needs volunteers to act as guides during the showing to protect the quilt and to assist the disabled and the elderly.
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Help the members of the project find an appropriate location to display the quilt when it comes to your area. While the quilt has been displayed in rooms of less than 8,000 square feet, it loses its emotional impact unless it can be fully opened. Facilities larger than 20,000 square feet are ideal for showing the quilt.
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Consider donating to the 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt Project to help pay for its upkeep, travel costs and additional overhead and to help finance a permanent location for its display.
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Contact the 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt Project and ask them to exhibit the quilt in the area in which you live. The Project is very receptive to bringing the quilt to wherever people want to view it and often honors requests from individuals if there is enough support as well as adequate facilities.
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Visit the official Victims Memorial Quilt Project website to see a schedule of upcoming quilt viewing opportunities (see Resources below). The website also features an online donations system and offers a poster and DVD for sale.
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Find out about contributing to the quilt with a square of your own by contacting Corey Gammel and Peter Marquez, the two men who started the quilt, via the official Victims Memorial Quilt Project website.
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Tips & Warnings
The quilt is comprised of well over 100 panels that, if laid end to end, would be at least 300 feet longer than the World Trade Center towers were tall. Each of the almost 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks is represented by a particular square on the quilt.
