Forgot the day - Omaha, NE

This morning we decided to go to Father Flanagan's Boys Town. What a great idea this was. It was a very profound day.

There are statues all over the campus. This is one of the more famous.

How many times have you seen this?

After wandering around the campus for quite a while, we finally found the visitor's center.

This was a display in the visitor's center. It is completely made of stamps.

In the History Center, the first thing you see is Father Flanagan with his famous "newspaper boy".

The boys playing marbles.

It is absolutely amazing that this man was able to get enough donations for all that he did. His boys' shows were very well known at the time. John Philip Sousa came to see what all the fuss was about.

This is probably the most famous of all the statues. He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for his role in Boys Town. He donated his Oscar to Boys Town.

This is the first house that Father Flanagan rented in 1917. You'll see the inside down the line.

"The boy in the box."

This is the catheral where Father said Mass and is buried. (In the octaganol building)

This is the best picture I could get without a flash. It is a beautiful room dedicated to him and he is buried in the middle. He actually died in Germany but was brought back here for his final resting place.

This is in the hallway leading upstairs. We couldn't go up as there was a locked gate.

Some statues in the Sanctuary.

The altar of the church.

You really can't see the organ too well. Again, no flash allowed.

This is the room where Father Flanagan is buried.

The living room where Father lived.

The wooden piece on the left is one of the pieces Father Flanagan brought from Austria.

I remember these old sinks, my mom had one in the house they had in 1940. Notice the curtain underneath? They really had those.

His sister came from Ireland with him. She did his housekeeping. This was her room.

This desk is simply gorgeous. It took several boys 3 years and using 250,000 pieces of wood to make this for him. You can certainly tell it was a labor of love.

What a wonderful day. Thank you.