38th Annual Candlelight Vigil for Harvey Milk & Moscone
Come along on a special Memorial March to honor the memories of supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone at the 38th Annual Vigil & Night of Remembrance.
2016 Harvey Milk & George Moscone Vigil & Night of Remembrance
November 27, 2016 | 6:30 pm
Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro & Market Streets, SF
FREEMeet at 6:30 pm at Harvey Milk Plaza for brief remarks and a candlelit walk through the Castro. Bring friends, bring family and bring candles.
If you would like to help them assemble the flower shrine to Harvey, please arrive at Harvey Milk Plaza at 5 pm.
On November 27, 1978 Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were killed as they served the public in City Hall. On the night of their murders a group of tens of thousands gathered in the Castro and began an impromptu candlelit march to City Hall. The event commemorates the lives and untimely deaths of these two extraordinary individuals on the anniversary of their assassinations in 1978 and commemorating the spontaneous candlelight march the night of the shootings.
