Touro Synagogue - Newport RI
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 29.362 W 071° 18.720
19T E 306996 N 4595664
Touro Synagogue of Jeshuat Israel Congregation was Founded 1658. The oldest synagogue building in the United States was designed by Peter Harrison. Ground was broken August 1, 1759. It was dedicated on December 2, 1763.
Waymark Code: WM16ZX8
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2022
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TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER
Touro Synagogue
National Historic Site
Touro Synagogue
of
Jeshuat Israel Congregation
Founded 1658
Ths oldest synagogue building in the United States was designed by Peter Harrison. Ground was broken August 1, 1759. It was dedicated on December 2, 1763. Here, 1781-84 The Rhode Island General Assembly met, and during Washington’s visit to Newport in 1781 a town meeting was held here. The State Supreme Court held sessions here at that period. The building was reopened for religious services on August 2, 1850. In 1790 George Washington wrote to this congregation that . . . “Happily the Government of the United States . . . . gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”
Organization that Placed the Marker: National Park Service
Related Website: [Web Link]
Year Marker was Placed: Not listed
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