AIDS Memorial Grove

The National AIDS Memorial Grove (The Grove) in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, is a dedicated space in the national landscape where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope, and remember. The mission of the Grove is to provide a healing sanctuary and to promote learning and understanding of the human tragedy of the AIDS pandemic. The idea for the AIDS memorial was conceived in 1988 by a small group of San Francisco residents representing a community devastated by the AIDS epidemic, but with no positive way to express their collective grief. They envisioned a serene place where people would come alone or in groups to hold memorial services, to remember among the rhododendrons and...