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Charlie Kirk, RIP

Charlie Kirk Interviewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
Charlie Kirk Interviewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Turning Point USA 2025 Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, July 12, 2025. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
On: By: Spirit of the Republic

On September 10, 2025, an assassin’s bullet cut down Charlie Kirk while he took questions as part of an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Today, we remember him.

U. S. Army: Happy 250th Birthday!

Washington taking command of the American Army at Cambridge
Engraving, Washington taking command of the American Army at Cambridge (1775) / National Archives
On: By: Spirit of the Republic

As part of our focus on celebrating the semiquincentennial of American Independence, we focus today on the birth of the United States Army. Like the Navy and Marine Corps, the U. S. Army is older than American Independence.

Flag Day: June 14

The crew of the USS Constitution marches in the Flag Day Parade in Dedham, Massachusetts (2018)
U. S. Navy, The crew of the USS Constitution marches in the Flag Day Parade in Dedham, Massachusetts (2018) / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
On: By: Spirit of the Republic

On June 14, we celebrate Flag Day. Community organizations, such as veterans groups, may sponsor writing contests to commemorate the day. Many Americans hoist the national colors on the day, and some may use the time around then for remembrances of the

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