The public memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday, Sept. 21 is expected to not only pay homage to the late conservative firebrand‘s life, but his political activism as well.
The organization he founded years ago, Turning Point USA, is hosting the memorial in Glendale, Arizona, and will feature speeches from the nation’s top Republican and conservative figures − underscoring Kirk’s and Turning Point USA’s influence on a broad section of American politics.
Here are five things to know about Charlie Kirk and the activist’s memorial service.
Who is speaking at Charlie Kirk’s memorial, funeral service Sunday, Sept. 21?
Turning Point USA announced a list of speakers set to make an appearance at Kirk’s public memorial service.
Among the list of speakers are President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, as well as the late commentator’s wife, Erika Kirk, the new head of Turning Point USA. Several members of the president’s cabinet will also attend, the organization announced on Sept. 17, as will Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump Jr. among others. See the full list of speakers here.
When is Charlie Kirk’s funeral, memorial service?
“Building a Legacy, Remembering Charlie Kirk” is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. local time in Glendale, Arizona, — according to the fightforcharlie.com website. That would be 2 p.m. ET in Florida and Palm Beach County.
Doors are tentatively scheduled to open at 8 a.m. Mountain Time, which is three hours behind Eastern Time, which includes most of Florida. The exception is the western Panhandle, which is in Central Time.
Where will Charlie Kirk’s funeral service be held?
Kirk’s memorial service will be held at State Farm Stadium, at Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue, in Glendale on Sunday, Sept. 21, according to Turning Point USA.
The stadium is home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and can seat 63,400 that can be expanded to more than 73,000.
How to watch Charlie Kirk’s memorial service: Will it be live streamed?
Yes.
The Palm Beach Post will live stream the service on YouTube.
Fightforcharlie.com said the service will be live streamed on Charlie Kirk’s Rumble account.
What is Turning Point USA?
Turning Point USA was founded by Kirk in 2012 when he was 18, and has since become a prominent political force. Along with its presence on hundreds of college and high school campuses, the organization hosts conferences, encourages youth organizing on conservative issues and produces various media such as the “The Charlie Kirk Show.”
It says on its website its mission is to “identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government” and to build “most organized, active, and powerful conservative grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses across the country.”
Turning Point USA said in an X post on Sept. 18, that its board unanimously elected Erika Kirk as its new CEO and chair of the board.
“In prior discussions, Charlie expressed to multiple executives that this is what he wanted in the event of his death,” the group said in its announcement.
Erika Kirk, 36, vowed in a speech days after Charlie Kirk was killed by a gunshot wound that she would continue her husband’s work.
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