Harvey Milk waved to the crowd as he rode in the 1978 Los Angeles Pride parade.

Photo: Courtesy ONE Institute

On the morning of November 27, 1978, both the city and the nation were shocked to learn of the assassinations of San Francisco progressive politicians Harvey Milk and George Moscone inside City Hall. Forty-seven years later, the anniversary of their untimely deaths is falling on the Thanksgiving holiday.

The annual vigil in their honor hosted by the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening. It will begin with remarks at Harvey Milk Plaza, the parklet above the Castro Muni station at Castro and Market streets, followed by a candlelight march to 575 Castro Street where Milk operated his Castro Camera shop.

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