On July 1, 2004, four of the five quilts made their first public appearance at a mall in Nashville, Tennessee. Visitors included a Tennessee stitcher who found her own square on the quilts, and a trauma nurse who said the quilts were a fitting tribute to those lost. The trip also included a visit to The Stitching Post, a local needlework shop.
The quilts came back to Nashville the next summer, for a showing at the Opryland Hotel on August 19–21, 2005. See the full timeline.