November 10 at 7 pm in the Koenig Center
(Long Island, NY) Join Tom Riley, author of Orphan Train Riders: A Brief History of the Orphan Train Era, for a 45-minutes film screening on the largest mass migration of children in American history.
Orphan Train Riders: A Brief History of the Orphan Train Era. Photo Credit: Tom Riley.
Mr Riley will also discuss the Great Hunger in Ireland (1845-1952) that ultimately led to the Orphan Trains across half a continent. As many as 273,000 children were transported from New York to the Midwest over a 75-year period (1854-1929). As many as one in four were Irish.
The program begins at 7 pm in the Oyster Bay Historical Society’s Angela Koenig Center at 20 Summit Street in Oyster Bay. Admission is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact the Historical Society at 516-922-5032 or obhsdirector@optonline.net. Or visit the Society’s web site at oysterbayhistorical.org.
The Orphan Train Era is sponsored by the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum in partnership with the Oyster Bay Historical Society.
