Four Walls

The idea that you could come to the United States and practice whatever religion you wanted was kind of a big deal. It’s a thread you can find throughout American history, since the founding of the country. You can see it in the Great Awakenings in the 1800s and in the hundreds of thousands of immigrants that arrived from Europe during the Revolutions of 1848 and the Russian pogroms in 1877. But you can also see it in smaller ways - like in two synagogues in Lincoln, Nebraska. Buildings on the National Register are listed because they have a story to tell, whether it’s about architectural trends or social movements, they all tell us something about us. http://tmblr.co/ZUZXqs14uHN2m