The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 14, 2025 adopted a proclamation designating Oct. 14, 2025—the date Charlie Kirk would have turned 32—as a day of remembrance in the county.

The proclamation, moved and approved during the board's public meeting in Colorado Springs, said Kirk was the founder and executive director of Turning Point USA and credited him with creating “opportunities for civic education, fostering youth leadership and promoting principles of liberty and democracy.” It also said Kirk was killed Sept. 10, 2025 "by means of an assassin's bullet." The proclamation called on local institutions and residents to denounce political violence and recommit to civic principles.

Turning Point USA representatives Lena Branch and Stefan Hoffman spoke after the proclamation was introduced. Branch, identified as the Rockies field representative for Turning Point USA's high school program, said she discovered the organization at 17 and described its local reach: “We have started 62 high school chapters, 7 of them being in El Paso County.” Stefan Hoffman, identified as president of the Turning Point USA chapter at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, said Kirk “championed civil political debate and civic education.”

Several commissioners offered remarks in support. Carrie Geithner, chair of the Board of County Commissioners, read portions of the proclamation and emphasized civil discourse. Commissioner Bill Wysong said the proclamation was an “easy way to honor him” after Kirk’s death, and Commissioner Corey Applegate praised Kirk’s encouragement of campus debate. Commissioner Holly Williams and Commissioner Lauren Nelson also spoke in support, linking Kirk’s work to free speech and civic engagement.

The board recorded a unanimous vote. The clerk of the board attested to the proclamation, which the document lists as signed by Carrie Geithner (chair), Holly Williams (vice chair), Corey Applegate (member), Lauren Nelson (member) and Bill Wysong (member), and attested by Steve Schleicher, county clerk and recorder. The board recessed briefly afterward for a commemorative photograph.

The proclamation and the remarks at the meeting focused on honoring Kirk’s stated work promoting what the proclamation described as “individual liberty, limited government, and rule of law,” and on condemning political violence. The document encourages educational institutions and citizens to mark the day of remembrance and to “emphatically denounc[e] political violence.”