The five-hour and eleven minute funeral service for Charlie Kirk felt less like a memorial and more like a movement summit and call to action. After three hours of worship from Christian music artists, the service opened with bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace.” Giant screens projected Bible verses and Turning Point USA ads as attendees waved flags, wept, prayed and sang along. Vance framed the day’s theme most clearly: “This is not a funeral but a revival.” He praised Kirk’s example of Christian fatherhood and traditional theology of family. He credited Kirk with helping spread MAGA, introducing him to Kennedy and Vance, and assisting in his biggest campaign victories. Amid off-script digressions on the radical left and “fake news media,” Trump announced he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.