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July 13, 1886
Edward Joseph Flanagan is born on Leabeg farm, near Ballymoe, Roscommon County, Ireland.
Late Summer, 1904
Sails with brother P.A. Flanagan to America aboard the S.S. Celtic, White Star Line.
December, 1906
Suffers from double pneumonia and is sent home from St. Joseph's Seminary in New York.
October, 1907
Enters Gregorian University in Rome under the auspices of the Bishop of Omaha
February, 1908 Is sent home due to recurrence of respiratory illness.
October 5, 1909 Enrolls in the University of Innsbruck, Austria, to study theology.
July 26, 1912 Is ordained a priest in Innsbruck.
1912 - 1917 Serves in several Nebraska parishes in O'Neill and Omaha.
January, 1916 Opens Workingmen's Hotel in downtown Omaha to serve homeless and jobless men.
December 12, 1917 With a borrowed $90, rents a home at 25th and Dodge Streets and officially opens Father Flanagan's Boys'; Home to five young boys assigned to him by the court.
February 3, 1918 Prints first issue of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Journal.
June 1, 1918 Moves the home to the abandoned German-American home on 13th Street.
March 29, 1921 Sends his first letter appealing for funds to support the Home to Catholic residents in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
May 18, 1921 Purchases Overlook Farm, ten miles west of Omaha, as future site of the Home.
October 22, 1921 Completes the Home's move to Overlook Farm.
January, 1926 Begins weekly radio show with the Boys' Home Band on Mondays at 6 p.m. on WAOW.
February 14, 1926 Institutes first student government at the Home. Boys elect first mayor and vote to officially change the name of Overlook Farm to Boys Town.
March, 1938 Meets with J. Walter Ruben and Dore Schary of MGM to review Boys Town movie script.
June 26, 1938 Welcomes the cast and crew of Boys Town to campus for ten days of location shooting.
April 7, 1947 At the invitation of the War Department, tours Japan and Korea to investigate the need for aid to war orphans and meets with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
July 11, 1947 Reports the findings of his Asian trip to President Harry S. Truman at the White House.
May 15, 1948 Suffers a heart attack and dies in Berlin, Germany.
May 21, 1948 Following two funeral Masses on campus, his body is entombed at Boys Town.
June 5, 1948 President Truman visits Boys Town and lays a wreath on Father Flanagan's tomb.
July 14, 1986 U.S. Postal Service holds the first day of issue ceremony for its new four-cent Father Flanagan stamp at Boys Town, 100 years after Flanagan's birth in Ireland.
The cited information was sourced from Website / URL <http://www.boystown.org/ABOUTUS/HISTORY/Pages/FatherFlanaganTimeline.aspx>Edward Joseph Flanagan is born on Leabeg farm, near Ballymoe, Roscommon County, Ireland.
Late Summer, 1904
Sails with brother P.A. Flanagan to America aboard the S.S. Celtic, White Star Line.
December, 1906
Suffers from double pneumonia and is sent home from St. Joseph's Seminary in New York.
October, 1907
Enters Gregorian University in Rome under the auspices of the Bishop of Omaha
February, 1908 Is sent home due to recurrence of respiratory illness.
October 5, 1909 Enrolls in the University of Innsbruck, Austria, to study theology.
July 26, 1912 Is ordained a priest in Innsbruck.
1912 - 1917 Serves in several Nebraska parishes in O'Neill and Omaha.
January, 1916 Opens Workingmen's Hotel in downtown Omaha to serve homeless and jobless men.
December 12, 1917 With a borrowed $90, rents a home at 25th and Dodge Streets and officially opens Father Flanagan's Boys'; Home to five young boys assigned to him by the court.
February 3, 1918 Prints first issue of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Journal.
June 1, 1918 Moves the home to the abandoned German-American home on 13th Street.
March 29, 1921 Sends his first letter appealing for funds to support the Home to Catholic residents in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
May 18, 1921 Purchases Overlook Farm, ten miles west of Omaha, as future site of the Home.
October 22, 1921 Completes the Home's move to Overlook Farm.
January, 1926 Begins weekly radio show with the Boys' Home Band on Mondays at 6 p.m. on WAOW.
February 14, 1926 Institutes first student government at the Home. Boys elect first mayor and vote to officially change the name of Overlook Farm to Boys Town.
March, 1938 Meets with J. Walter Ruben and Dore Schary of MGM to review Boys Town movie script.
June 26, 1938 Welcomes the cast and crew of Boys Town to campus for ten days of location shooting.
April 7, 1947 At the invitation of the War Department, tours Japan and Korea to investigate the need for aid to war orphans and meets with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
July 11, 1947 Reports the findings of his Asian trip to President Harry S. Truman at the White House.
May 15, 1948 Suffers a heart attack and dies in Berlin, Germany.
May 21, 1948 Following two funeral Masses on campus, his body is entombed at Boys Town.
June 5, 1948 President Truman visits Boys Town and lays a wreath on Father Flanagan's tomb.
July 14, 1986 U.S. Postal Service holds the first day of issue ceremony for its new four-cent Father Flanagan stamp at Boys Town, 100 years after Flanagan's birth in Ireland.
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