{"id":84647,"date":"2026-07-20T08:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84647"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:44:36","slug":"charlie-kirk-freedom-statue-to-be-unveiled-in-center-of-the-universe-in-nyc-on-anniversary-of-his-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/charlie-kirk-freedom-statue-to-be-unveiled-in-center-of-the-universe-in-nyc-on-anniversary-of-his-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk \u2018Freedom\u2019 Statue To Be Unveiled In \u2018Center Of The Universe\u2019 In NYC On Anniversary Of His Assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/www-instagram-com-sergiofurnariart-reel-134528062.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=589\" alt=\"A person painted to look like a bronze statue of Charlie Kirk holding a microphone.\" width=\"320\" height=\"556\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A statue of Charlie Kirk is set to be unveiled in the \u201ccenter of the universe\u201d in New York City on the one-year anniversary of his shocking death, the artist behind the homage announced.<\/p>\n<p>Italian-born artist Sergio Furnari, who handcrafted the metal sculpture of the slain Turning Point USA co-founder, plans to reveal the statue in Times Square on Sep. 10 at 2:23 p.m. \u2014 one year down to the minute when Kirk was assassinated, he told The Post Tuesday. The 57-year-old artist, who was born in Sicily and moved to the Big Apple 35 years ago, chose Times Square to unveil his metal sculpture as it is the heart of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post (caution: tabloid): A statue of Charlie Kirk is set to be unveiled in the \u201ccenter of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}