A sunset vigil on the Jersey Shore for assassinated conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk attracted as many as 4,000 people on Sunday, organizers said, and was one of several such events honoring Kirk in the state.
The largest of such events in New Jersey occurred at Windward Beach Park in Brick, a town in the northern half of the Jersey Shore, and featured several Republican public officials speaking as well as prayers for Kirk and his family. Elsewhere in the state, moments of silence and assemblies were organized in Kirk’s name this weekend in Sussex, Burlington, and Bergen counties, the latter a tribute to Kirk by the New Jersey-based Jets NFL team in their home stadium.
The event on Sunday in Brick was reportedly organized by Jersey Coast Emergency News in conjunction w