I am from Nebraska. Themes about homesteading, pioneering, and manifest destiny have been present for as long as I can remember. I think it's curious that all of these structures were made 150, 100, 50, even 15 years ago in the spirit to establish something. There is a sort of rah-rah about these things, aspects both more or less innocent. Now they are being whisked away and returned to nature by herself and in many cases as if they'd never existed. It's really quite spectacular phenomenon. I'm more interested in asking the general question about the specific observation than I am making any statements on Amercian cultural identity and transformations. They certainly exist; I'm simply not smart enough to conceive of or make any comments for my works contributions to these conversations.