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In the mid 1850’s there were over thirty thousand children living on the streets of New York City. Children as young as four and five, who had to lie, cheat and steal just to survive. This was a time before child labor laws or government programs aimed at helping the children. So, a man by the name of Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children’s Aid Society started the “family placement” or “outplacement” program in 1854. The Orphan Trains (as they were later called) ran from 1854 to 1929. During the seventy-five-year period, it is estimated that over 250K children from New York and Boston rode the trains to find new homes- children most people haven’t heard of. Care to learn more?
Join Multi-Award-Winning Author Sherry A. Burton as she shares The History of the Orphan Trains.
The museum is helping us by hosting this program while we renovate our programming space.