The storming of the U.S. Capitol was a singular moment in the history of the United States—and yet, somehow, the day feels more and more memory-holed. In a new poll out today, The New York Times and Siena College found that only 5 percent of Americans named January 6, 2021, as the thing they remember most from Donald Trump’s presidency. Sure, there’s a lot to remember, but a bloodthirsty attack on the seat of American democracy doesn’t feel like it should only be a footnote. Maybe it’s the politics of it all, maybe it’s our feeble attention spans, or maybe it’s just that the ghastly violence on January 6 doesn’t fit into the tidy narratives we tell ourselves about the character of this country. Are we just choosing to forget?