Never Forget is an exploration of the monuments and memory sites that dot the American landscape in the 21st century. As with other projects, in this series I am using photography as an anthropological tool to shed light on the way people and communities seek to influence collective memory, both by trying to preserve, or forget specific events through interventions in the landscape. As a result of this exploration, certain patterns have emerged, such as the proliferation of monuments that contain an artifact from the World Trade Center. Many of these memorials were installed just prior to the 10-year anniversary of 9-11, but like most monuments, they too were in service of a political agenda, seeking to rally support for military interventions at a time when the United States was stuck in increasingly unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Other themes that reoccur include improvised ritual sites, 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, as well as frequent reminders of the history of violence in America.