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Hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil to honor conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
Former President Donald Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Congress has designated Kirk's birthday, Oct. 14, as a National Day of Remembrance.
Tealights aglow, hundreds of people in red shirts raised their hands, singing and praying at a candlelight vigil for on what would have been his 32nd birthday, and on what Congress made a for the prominent conservative commentator.
The vigil was one of many across the country celebrating Kirk's life, about a month after he was . State lawmakers, kids, college students and others listened to speakers and musicians, who stood on the steps of the Florida Historic Cap