Published Jul 26, 2026, 3:01 AM EDT
Tennessee will relocate Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway signs after Vietnam veterans objected to placing them on a road honoring 25 local war dead.
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Published Jul 26, 2026, 3:01 AM EDT
Tennessee is moving Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway signs off a stretch of road already dedicated to 25 local Vietnam War dead, after veterans said they were never consulted. The signs went up in June along State Route 386 in Sumner County, which has for years been designated Vietnam Veterans Boulevard in honor of the 25 Sumner County service members who died in the Vietnam War. State Rep. Johnny Garrett, who selected the location, has agreed to move the Kirk designation to Long Hollow Pike in Goodlettsville. The objection, according to local officials, was not to Kirk being honored in Sumner County. It was to the placement of a second memorial on a roadway already set aside for the county's Vietnam dead, and to the fact that the veterans were not told beforehand. "Many of our Vietnam veterans were angry and frustrated to see this designation placed on ground set aside to honor their brothers in arms," Sumner County Commissioner Jeremy Mansfield told Military.com. "To every Vietnam veteran who spoke up, thank you," he said. "Your opinion on this mattered, and I was surprised to learn they were never consulted before the first sign went up."
