Today, May 22, is the Feast for Life of Harvey Milk. Born 1930 in born in Woodmere, New York, to Minerva Karns and William Milk, Harvey Milk was a visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States. After his death by assassination in 1978, he became an icon in San Francisco and a martyr in the gay community. Read the Official Harvey Milk Biography.
In honor of Harvey Milk’s birth and his status as a San Francisco icon, enjoy this Fisherman’s Wharf Cioppino with delicious sourdough bread.
