(San Francisco, California) One of San Francisco’s historic streetcars is being dedicated to Harvey Milk, the openly gay city supervisor who was assassinated by a fellow politician in 1978.

The streetcar has been outfitted with photos and a description of Milk’s role in history and has been painted green and cream, the colors used by the Municipal Railway when Milk was elected to office.

During his year in office, Milk often was critical of the city’s transit system and worked to make improvements.  The streetcar will run on the F-line from the Castro to Fisherman’s Wharf. It is one of 32 historic streetcars used in the city.

The car will be dedicated Tuesday at 11 at 17th and Castro streets.

The streetcar can be seen in the biopic “Milk,” which will have its world premiere at the Castro Theatre later on Tuesday. Milk also has been immortalized in the film “The Life and Times of Harvey Milk”.

On Oct. 1, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill honoring slain LGBT civil rights pioneer Harvey Milk by marking his birthday.

The bill, authored by Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), would have set aside May 22 as Harvey Milk Day, designating it as a ‘day of special significance” in California.

It passed the legislature with little difficulty, but the governor in vetoing the bill, said that while he respected the measure’s intent, he thinks Milk’s “contributions should continue to be recognized at the local level.”

In May, a bronze bust of Milk was unveiled at San Francisco City Hall. The bronze sculpture sits atop a stone base inscribed with a quote from one of his most famous speeches.

Milk became the first openly gay politician elected in the U.S. when voters sent him to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He was shot to death a year later, along with Mayor George Moscone, by fellow supervisor Dan White.

White was convicted of manslaughter, and served a little more than three years in prison before committing suicide.

In the years since his death, Milk has become one of the most recognizable martyrs of the gay rights movement.