Never Forget is a study of American memory sites as I have encountered them in my travels across the country. Through these explorations certain patterns have emerged, such as the improvised ritual sites honoring literally heroes or infamous figures, like the ritual many Baltimoreans have of placing a penny with Lincoln’s head face up on the unmarked grave of John’s Wilkes Booth. Another archetype found throughout the American landscape is the large number of monuments that contain a charred and twisted artifact from the World Trade Center, often displayed under American flags and emblazoned with the directive, “never forget.” Like the proliferation of confederate monuments in the early 1900s seeking to fortify segregation laws some 40 years after the Civil War, these monuments to 9-11 also served a political agenda. Many of them were installed just prior to the 10-year anniversary of 9-11, at a time when the government was seeking to rally support for increasingly unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In an era when historical narratives and what we choose to remember or forget is being increasingly fought over through interventions in the landscape, this series documents my own experiences traversing the ever-changing topography of a post-truth America.