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Sandra C. Thomas Special To The Citizen April 21, 2021 - 00:00 Posted in:
The Orphan Trains carried as many as 250,000 children to their adoptive homes throughout the mid and southwest.
Beatrice Flanagan Polack Fojtik with her Orphan Train photo as the last known remaining Orphan Train Rider in the U.S.
Young baby Beatrice with her new mother Mary Kubes Polack.
The Foundling Hospital of New York which cared for abandoned infants and small children.
On Sunday April 25, 2021 Beatrice Flanagan Polak Fojtik will celebrate a century of life at the
Arbor Hills Healthcare Center in Eagle Lake, Texas with her children at her side. Beatrice’ life is of national significance, as she is the last known living Orphan Train Rider in the US. She represents an historical period of need for children’s aid and outplacements at a time of economic and social demand in the country, especially in New York