More than 7,400 people gathered at Colorado State University on Thursday evening to memorialize Charlie Kirk, the late conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA. Kirk was scheduled to speak on the Fort Collins campus on Thursday, prior to his assassination at a college in Utah.

The event, which was initially scheduled to feature Kirk debating college students near the Lory Student Center, was moved to Canvas Stadium to securely host the large crowd.

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"I was really looking forward to meeting him because I really believe in what he was doing," said Bernice Strahl, a supporter of Kirk from Castle Rock.

Instead of heading from, or debating with, Kirk, those in attendance for the event memorialized him by listening to speeches from his chapter members, local politic

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