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Photos taken at programs may be posted on social media, our website, or on printed material. Step to the side if you do not wish to be in them.
Novelist Alison Moore & singer/songwriter Phil Lancaster combine audio visual elements, historical fiction, and music to bring the largely forgotten Orphan Train movement to public awareness. Join us!
The multi-media presentation, Riders on the Orphan Train, tells the story of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children who were put on trains in New York between 1854 and 1929 and sent all over the United States to be given away. The presentation is comprised of original music, an audio-visual presentation of archival photographs and interviews with two surviving orphan train riders and is followed by a dramatic recitation from the new novel "Riders on the Orphan Train" by novelist and Humanities Scholar Alison Moore.
After the presentation, there will be an informal discussion led by Alison Moore and Phil Lancaster about the origin and demise of the largest child migration in history and the part it played in the formation of the American Dream. Do not miss this traveling outreach program! Light refreshments will be served.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | History | Book Discussions | Authors |
The Central Branch is in South Lake Charles and is the library system's main branch.
The location houses both the Central Branch and the library's administrative offices.
The following are just some of the services offered in the branch. These include a dedicated teen room with study tables and lounge furniture, public computers, laptops that can be checked out and used in the library, self-checkout stations, faxing, scanning, and printing services, study rooms, and a conference room.
