I Am An American (In An Era of Flag Pin Patriotism) utilizes a historical photograph by Dorothea Lange, documenting the internment of Japanese Americans in 1942. Informed by the controversy surrounding Barack Obama’s 2007 decision to forgo a flag pin and his critique of “flag pin patriotism,” the composition strategically overlays flag pins onto Lange’s original image. This visual intervention interrogates the constructs of American exceptionalism and the performative nature of patriotic symbolism and American identity.