USA. Lafayette, California. 2011. A memorial next to the light rail station in Lafayette, California, marks the American dead from
Iraq and Afghanistan. A cross represents each casualty. At the time this picture was taken in
April of 2011, more than six thousand American soldiers had been killed in the wars. Vandals
defaced it several times in its first weeks. On a website listing reader reviews of notable sights,
one commenter laments seeing two young boys shooting a BB gun at bugs and small animals
scurrying among the crosses.