WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed last month at a Utah college event.

Trump will participate in a ceremony at the White House Tuesday afternoon.

Who was Charlie Kirk?

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Kirk was the founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, one of the largest national student conservative organizations in the country.

Turning Point USA is a "movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets, and limited government," his page says.

Since the inception of Turning Point USA in 2012, Kirk, then 18, grew Turning Point USA to have representation on over 2,000 high schools and college campuses nati

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