Wenatchee Hosts First Turning Point USA Event For Charlie Kirk

The first Turning Point USA chapter event in Wenatchee was held Tuesday on National Charlie Kirk Observance Day, one of many held across the country.

19-year-old TPUSA chapter president Keyton Lawter addressed a crowd of several hundred from the steps of the Chelan County Courthouse in Memorial Park

"Five weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was martyred in the public square for all to see, doing what he had always done, standing for truth, engaging young minds and defending the values that built this nation.  They say freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  Let it not be ours that lets freedom die.  Let it be ours that rekindles the flames, that fights to preserve it, and carries it higher than ever before" -- Keyton Lawter, TPUSA Vector

Lawter and other young adults spoke to the crowd about the importance of freedom and continuing the work of TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10th while speaking with students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

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Kirk was the co-founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative politics on high school and college campuses.

Kirk would have turned 32 on Oct. 14th.  Both congressional chambers approved resolutions to make Kirk’s birthday, Oct. 14, a National Day of Remembrance in his honor.

The resolution encourages "educational institutions, civic organizations, and citizens across the United States to observe (Oct. 14) with appropriate programs, activities, prayers, and ceremonies that promote civic engagement and the principles of faith, liberty, and democracy that Charlie Kirk championed," according to the text.

Kirk's widow, Erika, received her husband's Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously by the President during a White House ceremony