LEWISTON, M.E. (WHDH) — The Lewiston, Maine community is banding together to create an art project honoring the lives lost in a mass shooting that happened in the city nearly two years ago. Inside a barn turned art studio, community organizations, families of victims, and other volunteers are building the “Forget ME Not” sculpture project.

On October 25, 2023, 18 people were killed, and 13 others were wounded when a gunman went on a shooting spree inside a bar and bowling alley.

“The morning after the shooting, there was this sense of, you know, free falling,” said Jen McDermott, a Maine-based artist involved with the project.

Molloy, who specializes in large-scale public collaborations, said she has been traveling back and forth from New York to Maine for months to make the art display

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