30. German Lutherans in Philadelphia built one of the largest churches in the colonies, the Zion Church. a memorial service for Benjamin Franklin (1791) and the funeral service for George Washington (1799) were conducted here.
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31. St. Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary, one of two beautiful benedictine monasteries nested in the hills of southern Indiana, founded as a priory in 1854.
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32. Temple Emanu-el, a magnificent Reform synagogue, built in 1868 by German Jews in New York.
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33. Women with head-scarts, Eureka, S.D., 1937. Following an old church tradition, women sat on "their" side during the service.
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34. The German-American Normal College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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