{"id":47316,"date":"2025-09-23T16:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/brittany-aldean-reflects-on-charlie-kirks-memorial-service\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:10:39","slug":"brittany-aldean-reflects-on-charlie-kirks-memorial-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/brittany-aldean-reflects-on-charlie-kirks-memorial-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Aldean Reflects on Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Memorial Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/brittany-aldean\">Brittany Aldean<\/a> says that her experience at <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/charlie-kirk\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>&#8216;s memorial service over the weekend has altered how she&#8217;ll live her life going forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They keep saying, &#8216;Live like Charlie,&#8217; so I&#8217;m going to try to really do that daily,&#8221; she reflected in a social media recap after the event.<\/p>\n<p>Brittany attended the Glendale, Ariz., event alongside her husband,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/jason-aldean\">Jason Aldean<\/a>, and singer <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/raelynn\">RaeLynn<\/a>. All three are vocal supporters of the conservative political movement of which Kirk was a part, and they have shared their grief in the wake of his <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/charlie-kirk-dead-dies-reaction\/\">death<\/a> on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She expected to feel that grief as she attended Kirk&#8217;s memorial service, but Brittany says the overall message she took away from the event was one of joy and faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I expected to go in there and cry hysterically the whole time,&#8221; Brittany said in a video posted to her Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/brittany-aldean-charlie-kirk-memorial-cross\/\">Brittany Aldean Wore a Heartbreaking Tribute to Charlie Kirk at His Memorial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event was &#8220;extremely sad,&#8221;\u00a0but Brittany said she also experienced a lot of positivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That his legacy was so large, and he had a different purpose in life\u00a0\u2014 it was just so good to hear people say that,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;There was just a different plan that was greater for him, that God knew.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also said that\u00a0faith was at the forefront of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone was worshipping,&#8221; Brittany described. &#8220;There was just something different in the room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/charlie-kirk-memorial-pictures\/\">14 Powerful Pictures From Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Memorial Service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew he had impacted a ton of people, but this does just feel different, his death does,&#8221; she noted. &#8220;Everyone said at the service: [It&#8217;s] a revival. It&#8217;s putting so many people in touch with their faith and making a difference in so many lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Did Charlie Kirk Die?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 during an event at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p>He was 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/charlie-kirk-wife-kids-family\/\">Who Were Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Wife + Kids?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities have arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and charged him with the killing.<\/p>\n<p>Millions across the country and the world have joined online or in-person tributes and memorials for Kirk in the nearly two weeks since his death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">14 Powerful Photos From Charlie Kirk\u2019s Memorial Service <\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>An estimated 90,000 people attended Sunday&#8217;s (Sept. 21) memorial for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.<\/p>\n<p>Among the notable speakers were President Trump, Vice President Vance, Kirk&#8217;s widow Erika, Marco Rubio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">10 Country Songs Born From World Tragedy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>These 10 country songs were inspired by real-world events that had serious consequences. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=70&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/brittany-aldean-charlie-kirk-funeral\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brittany Aldean says that her experience at Charlie Kirk&#8216;s memorial service over the weekend has altered how she&#8217;ll live her life going forward. &#8220;They&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":47317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}