BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Calcasieu Parish Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Calcasieu Parish Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8316c49b-6bfc-4055-8066-5da0bfec10c6 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261005T144619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230327T190000 SUMMARY:Rescheduled: Riders on the Orphan Train LOCATION:Programming Department\nProgramming Department X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Programming Department;X-A PPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Programming Department:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:Novelist Alison Moore & singer/songwriter Phil Lancaster combi ne audio visual elements\, historical fiction\, and music to bring the lar gely forgotten Orphan Train movement to public awareness. Join us!.\nhttps ://calcasieulibrary.libnet.info/event/8040554 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The multi-media presentation\, Riders on t he Orphan Train\, tells the story of the 250\,000 orphans and unwanted chi ldren who were put on trains in New York between 1854 and 1929 and sent al l over the United States to be given away. The presentation is comprised o f original music\, an audio-visual presentation of archival photographs an d interviews with two surviving orphan train riders and is followed by a d ramatic recitation from the new novel "Riders on the Orphan Train" by nove list and Humanities Scholar Alison Moore.

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After the presentation\, there will be an informal discussion led by Alison Moore and Phil Lancast er about the origin and demise of the largest child migration in history a nd the part it played in the formation of the American Dream. Do not miss this traveling outreach program! Light refreshments will be served.

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