Technical issues have hit the MAGA memorial for Charlie Kirk on the one-year anniversary of his death as a statue went up in NYC

“It wasn’t politics — it had nothing to do with politics,” talk show personality Glenn Beck said from the stand. For the 5,000 gathered in-person at the Turning Point USA “Freedom Built to Last” event, politics became almost an afterthought. There was no mention of Republican or Democrat.

In September 2025, Charlie Kirk‘s death shocked the world. And while the 31-year-old conservative commentator may not have been a part of the country genre, the outpouring of tributes and remembrances made it clear that Kirk was important to many in country music.

One year after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University, the organization he started returned to the Orem campus Thursday. A crowd of 5,000 inside the UCCU Center,

Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, has broken her silence on the first anniversary of his death at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. See details.

FOX news host Will Cain will never forget announcing the heartbreaking death of his friend Charlie Kirk live on air. Just 24 hours earlier, Kirk had been sitting in Cain’s studio. Now Cain

The tribute video offered a look back at the impact Charlie Kirk had on young conservatives and the movement he helped build

Supporters at the campus event who still replay it in their mind. A security executive with worried clients. A professor placed on leave over her social media posts.