Indiana AIDS Memorial

{{Short description|Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.}}

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The Indiana AIDS Memorial is installed in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Originally dedicated on October 29, 2000,{{Cite web |title=Chronology of Historic Crown Hill Cemetery |url=https://crownhillhf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chronology_CHC_2009.pdf |website=Crown Hill Heritage Foundation |access-date=2023-06-24 |archive-date=2021-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423072609/https://crownhillhf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chronology_CHC_2009.pdf |url-status=live }} it is the country's first permanent AIDS memorial in a cemetery and second overall.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-18 |title=AIDS Memorial dedication honors man who dedicated much of his life to the cause |url=https://www.wrtv.com/aids-memorial-dedication-honors-man-who-dedicated-much-of-his-life-to-the-cause |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=WRTV Indianapolis |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623000552/https://www.wrtv.com/aids-memorial-dedication-honors-man-who-dedicated-much-of-his-life-to-the-cause |url-status=live }} According to the Indiana Historical Society, the memorial honors AIDS victims who died during 1982–1999.{{Cite web |title=Indiana AIDS Memorial, Crown Hill Cemetery |url=https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/V0002/id/3749/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Indiana Historical Society |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027152611/https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/V0002/id/3749/ |url-status=live }} Inscribed on two limestone tablets at the memorial are the name of over one hundred Indiana residents or natives who have died from AIDS.{{Cite web |last=Trares |first=Ryan |date=2017-12-02 |title=Indiana AIDS Memorial re-dedicated; names engraved in stone |url=https://dailyjournal.net/2017/12/02/solace_and_remembrance_/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Daily Journal |language=en-US}}

The memorial was rededicated in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Trares |first=Ryan |date=2017-12-02 |title=Indiana AIDS Memorial re-dedicated; names engraved in stone |url=https://dailyjournal.net/2017/12/02/indiana-aids-memorial-re-dedicated-names-engraved-in-stone/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Daily Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027152505/https://dailyjournal.net/2017/12/02/indiana-aids-memorial-re-dedicated-names-engraved-in-stone/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-30 |title=Indiana AIDS Memorial undergoes upgrade for rededication |url=https://apnews.com/article/--8f4478bc43da4a5aa85754144395b820 |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027152619/https://apnews.com/article/--8f4478bc43da4a5aa85754144395b820 |url-status=live }} In 2023, new railings were dedicated in honor of Gary "Allen" Whitehead.