Thousands packed State Farm Stadium on September 21 for a memorial blending faith, fury, and politics, where President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance eulogized Charlie Kirk as a fallen warrior in America's culture wars, vowing to amplify his anti-"woke" crusade.

The service, organized by Kirk's Turning Point USA, drew over 63,000 attendees in red-white-and-blue garb, turning the venue into a revival-rally hybrid with Christian rock anthems and megachurch vibes.

Trump, gripping the podium, called Kirk a "martyr for American freedom," pinning his August assassination on the "radical left" and admitting, "He did not hate his opponents. That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents."

Vance credited Kirk's youth mobilization for their 2024 win, saying, "We wouldn’t be here without him," while Kirk's widow Erika, now steering the group, forgave his accused killer per biblical grace, sharing how her husband lived "100% every day" for faith, family, and the fight.

Speakers like Stephen Miller and Tulsi Gabbard urged redoubling efforts against campus progressivism, with the crowd chanting Kirk's name amid tight security post his Utah campus shooting. A White House video tribute further amplified the event's reach, capturing chants of "USA" as Trump arrived.

Yet the homage drew sharp rebukes from civil rights watchdogs, who branded Kirk's rhetoric—laced with anti-immigrant, transphobic, and misogynistic barbs—a driver of division that fueled political violence from all sides.

The NAACP decried the event's tone as glorifying hate, while Kirk's allies dismissed it as sour grapes from a silenced left.

As Turning Point eyes midterm surges, Erika Kirk pledges expansion of his campus chapters, now boasting millions in funding, but the gathering laid bare America's deepening scars, where one man's hero is another's villain, and grief becomes a rallying cry.