Quilt seeks permanent D.C. home.The nation's capital may soon have yet another monument. The board of the Names Project, the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden group that maintains the AIDS quilt, has voted to move its offices to Washington, D.C., shortly after the millennium. The nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. has already begun scouting scouting: see Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts. scouting Activities of various national and worldwide organizations for youth aimed at developing character, citizenship, and individual skills. Scouting began when Robert S. locations big enough to store and display the quilt, which has grown to 52 tons of patchwork, as well as to house its executive offices. "My position is that, logistically, we belong in the nation's capital," executive director Andy Ilves told the San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. . "It's the main magnet to visitors from all over the globe. None of us has any interest in having the quilt be this musty, dusty relic stored on shelves. It's intended to be shown in a bright, interactive environment." |
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