Orphan Train


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A social experiment that transported children from crowded coastal cities of the United States—especially NYC to the Midwest for adoption. The orphan trains relocated an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children between 1854 and 1929. At the time the trains began, an estimated 30,000 vagrant children were living on the streets of NYC
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This is the storyline of The Orphan Train, a play by American writer Aurand Harris - the latest play to be performed by the Cambodian theatre group the Phnom Penh Players.
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Author hopes to illuminate story of orphan trains: now in their 70s and 80s, many orphan train riders are speaking up, telling of their experiences for posterity's sake
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