{"id":186221,"date":"2025-09-27T22:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/186221\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T22:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:04:06","slug":"famous-texas-art-exhibit-cadillac-ranch-repainted-to-honor-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/186221\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Texas Art Exhibit Cadillac Ranch Repainted to Honor Charlie Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two visitors to Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, spent the night before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbn.com\/news\/us\/not-funeral-we-have-had-revival-charlie-kirk-honored-massive-public-memorial\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Kirk\u2019s memorial service<\/a>\u00a0repainting 10 upturned sedans in the slain activist\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac Ranch is a landmark art exhibit along Route 66. Created in 1974, the installation consists of 10 Cadillac cars half-buried, nose-first in the ground. Overtime, the exhibit has turned into an interactive piece of art, where visitors are encouraged to add their own paint, markings, and graffiti to the cars.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>While the surfaces of the sedans are constantly changing, Cadillac Ranch announced over the weekend the tribute to Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University, will run until Sept. 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis art project is a one week tribute to the life and memory of Charles James Kirk,\u201d reads a statement at the site and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stories\/102283735730039\/UzpfSVNDOjY0NTE1ODMxMTcyOTc0Nw==?view_single=false\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">on the exhibit\u2019s social media<\/a>. \u201cIt runs until Sept. 28. However, it is not finished. We as that, regardless of your political, religious, or personal views, that you respectfully add words of gratitude, unity, or prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It ended with, \u201c\u2018Well done, good and faithful servant.\u2019 Charles James Kirk, 1993-2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Glendale, Arizona, more than 200,000 people descended on the State Farm Stadium, where a massive memorial service was held to honor the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s Christian faith was front and center.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance said, \u201cThe evil murderer who took Charlie from us expected us to have a funeral today, and instead, my friends, we have had a revival in celebration of Charlie Kirk and of his Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his own speech, President Donald Trump added, \u201c[W]hat was even more important to Charlie than politics and service was the choice he made in the fifth grade, which he called the most important decision of his life, to become a Christian and a follower of his savior Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid a series of Gospel presentations, the most powerful moment came when Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika, tearfully celebrated her husband\u2019s life and faith before telling the audience in the stadium \u2014\u00a0as well as the millions watching from afar \u2014\u00a0that she had forgiven the 22-year-old assassin who murdered Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat man \u2014 that young man \u2014 I forgive him,\u201d she said, tears streaming down her cheeks. \u201cI forgive him because it\u2019s what Christ did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the memorial service below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two visitors to Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, spent the night before\u00a0Charlie Kirk\u2019s memorial service\u00a0repainting 10 upturned sedans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-186221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}