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Castro District Vigil Marks 44th Anniversary Of Harvey Milk, George Moscone Murders

Silver, now 84, was a San Francisco supervisor and friend of Harvey Milk. They were both elected in 1977.

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November 28, 2022

Among dozens of mourners who showed up at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro District Sunday night for the annual vigil marking the pioneering gay rights leader's assassination were people who knew the supervisor personally.

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"We have to always remember what has happened in the past so that, hopefully, we can look forward to a future where it will not happen again," civil rights activist Carol Ruth Silver told the crowd.

Silver, now 84, was a San Francisco supervisor and friend of Harvey Milk. They were both elected in 1977.

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