Participants were given the chance to write messages

Participants were given the chance to write messages as supporters or survivors of rape or abuse on pieces that will be stitched onto the Monument Quilt during National Night Out August 2, 2016 at Fort George G. Meade, Md. The Monument Quilt is an ongoing collection of stories and message from survivors of sexual and domestic violence, the stories are written then stitched onto red quilt squares which will have 6,000 quilts displayed at the National Mall in 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)