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New College of Florida plans to commission a statue of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The college already has memorials for two former students, Nan Freeman and Kit Reilly, who died tragically.

Freeman was killed in 1972 while picketing for farm workers' rights and is honored with a mural.

Reilly, an activist who died in an accident in 2003, is memorialized by a grove of mango trees now threatened by new construction plans.

On Sept. 16, New College of Florida announced it would commission a statue to commemorate the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk .

Previously the New College chapter of Turning Point USA, an organization Kirk cofounded, hosted a vigil on campus to mourn him.

Some see Kirk as a figure for free speech in higher education

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