Key West’s World AIDS Day ceremony will take place at the AIDS Memorial on Friday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. The Friends of the Key West AIDS Memorial will again conduct this annual remembrance of those who were taken far too soon.
With the inclusion of the 2025 nominations, there are now 1,342 names memorialized forever at the Key West AIDS Memorial, which was designed by architect Michael Ingram and dedicated in 1997 at the foot of the Edward B. Knight Pier at White Street and Atlantic Boulevard. The property is a Key West city park and is maintained by the Friends of the AIDS Memorial, a nonprofit volunteer group of private citizens.
The ceremony begins with a march from City Hall to the memorial at 4:30 p.m. while the names of all lost will be read. The featured speaker will be Jerry Hughes. A poem by Karen Frank-Knolls will be read by Joan Higgs. Those in attendance may call out the names of loved ones. Invocation is given by the Rev. Madelin Baum and the benediction by the Very Rev. Steve Torrence.The Friends of the AIDS Memorial will also have a booth at the Artisan Market on Sunday, Nov. 30 at Higgs beach from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome. More information is at keywestaidsmemorial.org.
