AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Indiana farm honors slain Charlie Kirk with corn maze — and pays the price for it
A family farm in Evansville, Indiana, built a corn maze tribute to the late Charlie Kirk as a statement about free speech, and critics answered with a coordinated campaign of negative reviews that forced the business off Google entirely. Goebel Farms designed its 2026 corn maze as a portrait of Kirk, the Turning Point USA […] The post Indiana farm honors slain Charlie Kirk with corn maze — and pays the price for it appeared first on American Almanac .
A family farm in Evansville, Indiana, built a corn maze tribute to the late Charlie Kirk as a statement about free speech, and critics answered with a coordinated campaign of negative reviews that forced the business off Google entirely. Goebel Farms designed its 2026 corn maze as a portrait of Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder who was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. Kirk was 31 and a father of two. The farm framed the tribute not as a political endorsement but as a memorial to a man killed for expressing his views, and a call for Americans to disagree without resorting to hatred. The response from parts of the community was swift and hostile. Dozens of negative Google reviews…Open