This series investigates the nation's most persistent hauntings — not supernatural but cultural, the enduring stereotypes that hover between caricature and documentary truth. Like folkloric ghosts tied to unfinished business, these images capture the symbols, rituals, and performances of American identity that refuse to fade: flags, guns, strip malls, and gestures of belonging that feel simultaneously authentic and rehearsed. The work asks whether these recurring visions represent the country's actual spirit or merely its most visible apparition — the translucent image America projects to itself and the world, caught between what it was, what it claims to be, and what it cannot escape.