Edward J. Flanagan

For the state senator from Vermont, see Ed Flanagan. The Reverend Fr. Edward Joseph Flanagan (July 13, 1886 –  May 15, 1948) was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the founder of what is arguably the most famous orphanage, the present-day Girls and Boys Town in Nebraska. Originally called Boys Town, the campus is not just an orphanage anymore but rather now a center for troubled youth.
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