Overview
- Signs honoring Charlie Kirk were installed in June on State Route 386, a roadway officially named Vietnam Veterans Boulevard to honor 25 Sumner County service members who died in the Vietnam War.
- Local Vietnam War veterans raised angry objections that they were not consulted and that the roadway should remain dedicated solely to those who died in Vietnam.
- State Rep. Johnny Garrett, who sponsored the original designation, reversed his location choice after the backlash and worked with local officials to find a new site.
- Officials announced July 20 that the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway designation will be relocated to Long Hollow Pike in Goodlettsville and that veterans welcomed the change.
- The Tennessee Department of Transportation says it will fabricate and move the physical signs once it receives formal direction from the Tennessee General Assembly and a scheduled work order, a process that highlights how the legislative approval and TDOT installation roles determine when changes take effect.