Disarming: Memorial Quilts for Mass Shooting Victims
October 4 – 5, 2019
Rising Star Quilters Guild Quilt Show
St Brigid Church
1995 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA
Boston Globe article about the exhibit
Begun in 2016, the Victims Quilt Project serves as a way to remember victims of mass shootings. The project includes one quilt for each of the shootings in: Columbine High School, CO; Virginia Tech, VA; Binghamton, NY; Fort Hood, TX; Aurora, CO; Sandy Hook Elementary, CT; Washington, D.C.; San Bernardino, CA; Orlando, FL; Las Vegas, NV; Sutherland Springs, TX; Parkland, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; Thousand Oaks, CA. It also includes a quilt called “Bullet Holes” with one hole for each mass shooting victim from 1990 to today.
