Orphan Train (1979 TV Movie) - Complete, Unedited Movie
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- Orphan Train (1979 TV Movie). This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. They used to replay it every few years throughout the 1980's. Join the Facebook group for this wonderful film here - / 170325519670918
Written and Produced by - Dorothea G. Petrie
Emma Symms - Jill Eikenberry
Frank Carlin - Kevin Dobson
Sarah - Linda Manz
Liverpool - Graham Fletcher-Cook
J.P. - Melissa Michaelsen
Jessica - Glenn Close
Mr. McGarrity - Morgan Farley
Barrington - Severn Darden
Mouse - Charles Fields/Charlie Fields
Ben - Peter Neuman
Tony Santini - John Femia
Annie - Sara Inglis/Sarah Ingliss
Dutch - Andreas Manske
Bruce - Scott Rogers
Mrs. Comstock - Justine Johnston
Mrs. Gardner - Sue Ann Gilfillan
Nellie - Barbara Hallie-Foote/Hallie Foote
Danny - Mike Hammett
Thigpen (Barrington's secretary) - Paul Thigpen
My family adopted an orphan from the trains. He was deaf and jumped off at the crossing near the family farm. My great uncle and aunt just took him in and taught him to read and write. I dont even remember his name, but he stayed with them for the rest of his life. Working the farm and helping anyway he could.
@Lowkee I only remember the story because of my grandmother. He was adopted by a great-aunt and uncle. The uncle was killed in a robbery along those same train tracks in the 1930's and the Aunt was left to raise the children and run the store after his death. I think the boy from the orphan trains name was Ollie, and he lived with her and helped all he could. But as my own mother just passed away in April, I don't remember his real name and I have no one to ask now. I was born long after all of this took place. 😷 stay safe friend.
@Lowkee Thank you🙏❤
Star Gazer your aunt and uncle and all your family have a great heart. They give a wonderful gift to than young boy, and he was so greatful to them that he stayed with them and also would not mind help other. What a great story. Thank for sharing it us.
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You don't remember a family member's name? Bs
My son went on a missionary trip and fell in love with this little boy so him and his wife adopted him. He is such a treasure to our hearts. He is now 22 has a good education and a good career. I thank God for people that care for others.
Amen. Blessings to all of them.
Sweet, but not the same thing?
My twin sister and I were in DR Barnodoes children’s home we were sent to Australia and never was reunited with our family ever again that is the one thing I have regretted all my life never got to meet family in England am now 70 still have my twin sister with me thank you 🙏 god
@Moogie B There was a programme set up in England through various organisations to encourage children to go to Canada and Australia. The organisations would be paid for them to encourage the children. For Canada, it was mainly the Catholic Children Society and the whole operation was known as the British Home Children. My father was sent to Canada and after a couple of years living on the prairies he and a friend absconded, went to Carlton and joined the CEF and served in France, including at Hill 60. The Australian programme was known as Sunshine and Oranges. The intention of both programmes was to remove impoverished, often orphaned or impoverished children from England, mainly London and suburbs.
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@Moogie B The Australian govt had to apologise to these Orphans sent to Australia under this "scheme". Many of their lives ended in tragedy.
@Moogie B Because England used Australia as their dumping ground for both convicts and orphans. Disgraceful.
Maybe you should try Ancestry dot com they just might connect you to cousins or other relatives…
It warms my heart to see other people care so much for others and can go any length to restore lives.
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Not many around these days
I'm 61 and this is the first time I've seen this movie and I must say that it's one of those that one wishes wouldn't end! A great movie for any age.
I m 48 I watched this Moview when I was 12 yrs olde and cry for last orphan boy
I was just an extra child on this set as a 7 year old and I'm now 45. I just remember the cast was so nice to me and I looked up to all of them. I was there during the South Dakota filming in the Black Hills. What a great experience as a child. Now that I'm older with children I'm more understanding of the story.
Chris Kovarik Check out the Facebook group! Many of the former child actors from the film are members too
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Chris Kovarik Wow that is wonderful to hear!All blessing with God's best for you and your family!!
I need to ask you some questions about this do you mind
Nice memories and yes I understand i was older when I watched this loved it form the start.
I was an orphan at 4 of ages ; living in orphanage for 11 years.
A sad memory which i have tried to forget ,but i couldn't even i am at 67 .
Gods love will heal your heart - he has healed mine of much sorrow - I will pray for you :)
God promises to punish all those who abused children don't lose faith
We never forget what they did to us when we were children & the pain haunts us. I am writing my life story bit by bit as catharsis, have about 100 videos on it, 10 mins each, on You tube. Have another 1000 to make to tell it all. It never stops hurting until we tell it all. And I am 75.
Tri. You are my friend forever. Bless you.
@@GuruRasaVonWerder: ask God for His healings... don't rob yourself of peace in life... ask God to help you forgive...only God could provide you a healing peace just ask...praying for you
My heart aches for unwanted, unloved, abused, abandoned, and neglected children. What an awesome movie. Thank you so much for uploading it.
I feel the same way. The world was and still is cruel.
@@cocoaorange1 God said he'll Never leave even if you're Mother and Father abandon you Janice Harley
Thats what all pedophile say.
Most were much younger. 4-6 years old...My great aunt was one having been an illegitimate child born in County Cork...The nuns shipped her to NYC aboard steerage..and she was placed, at age 4..on the Orphan Train...to Oklahoma. She was taken in by a wonderful German couple who treated her as their own...a fairy tale ending for little Mary Costello of County Cork Ireland. ✨️ ❤️ ☘️
@@brigittebeltran6701 and then she becamme a Nazi 😢
I was an extra on this film, and actually got paid $50 to miss 2 days of my 1st grade in Hill City South Dakota
THIS IS A VERY GOOD MOVIE AND CHILDREN SHOULD WATCH THIS MOVE AND THANK GOD THEY HAVE A MOTHER AND FATHER AND A PLACE TO EAT AND SLEEP. MOST ALL OF US HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE DON'T APPRECIATE JUST HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT.!!!!
True! Except for the children whose parent's abusex, raped, neglected them.( They would have begged to an average regular boring set of parents or to be without parents altogether)
God bless all the orphans. And what touchibg stories are included in some of these posts of orphan children now grown up. Remarkable stories! God bless everyone!
Merle Frye Amen to that.
I know how good I have it. I know how others suffer too. I can not pretend and just enjoy my life. That seems selfish to me❤
Many years ago, I had a patient who had been an "orphan train" child. She was tiny woman, almost barely 5 ft. feisty and had such an interesting history but difficult to get her to ever be happy. That is how I learned of the Orphan Trains. Now I realize this practice went on for so many years. Bless her heart...Kathryn was her name and she gave me many hints about making home made bread (her job in her mid west home.) At times it was hard to put up with her eccentricities...but once knowing her background...all was so understandable. Be open to all people and their experiences...
This movie effected my 9 year old self so much, but haven’t thought about it in 45 years since it aired. Now I see why I remembered it! Excellent ❤
Currently learning about this in a class. Very interesting.
I always loved this movie. It has a lot to say about faith, love, new beginnings...and the resilience of youngsters who have sometimes really gone through terrible days before finding harbor with loving families.
Thanks for uploading this movie, it was very touching. I am happy those children all found a loving family. Miss Sims should have received a medal for her courage and hard work.
Not all were brought into loving homes. Some were abused. Used as slaves. Some even murdered.
I've never heard of this movie. Dynamic, emotional, vertical touching. You'll love watching. Thank you for sharing this movie & making available history not aware of.
This was so educational, yet done as a beautiful movie. Mixed with sadness and joy, the beginning of the adoption process. A movie every one should see.Thank you!
I’ve many,many “based on true stories “ movies and none, none made me cry more types of tears than this one.
Bless us all. But bless those who take in orphaned children and those children still waiting for families all the more.
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I was 8 when i saw this in 1979. As a kid without a dad I felt a deep connection to it then (especially to the character of Ben), and the movie's crossed my mind many times over the years. I never thought I'd see it again. Thank you so much for uploading it so I could CRY LIKE A DOGGONE BABY like I did 32 years ago!! :)
Cool these kids would readily give you love ,,know that
I was 9 when i saw this. Never forgot it....never even knew what movie it was at the time.... it stuck with me ...
I was 8 when I saw it. Had nightmares for months from the hanging scene near the beginning & dark sadness because of the true nature of the story.
Such a shame. Some films really shouldn't be seen by certain ages - mental scarring! Remember certain haunting disturbing scenes myself and I am now in 60s x
My great grandparents adopted a young boy from an orphan train that came to south Louisiana. Uncle Charlie became a younger brother to my grandfather. Uncle Charlie eventually married a young woman who also arrived on an orphan train. He lived to be 83, and maintained his lively personality and humor, until he died! He was a truly loving and gentle old man!
@Moogie B the children on the orphan trains were just as the movie portrayed. They were orphans or street kids from extremely poor families in Nrw York.
Awesome movie. Brings back so many memories watching it with my whole family back in 79. Sure wish there was a DVD.
Attila709 there was a VHS when I was a kid.
I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFOUR AND I WILL WATCH IT AGAIN, MY HOPE AND PRAYER IS ALL CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD WILL FIND A LOVING AND CARING FAMILY THAT WILL LOVE THEM...U BOAT COMMANDER...
Such a great movie, wonderful story based on actual events! So heartbgreaking how orphans were treated but soon found happiness
Yes! My 4-year-old Irish great aunt was taken in by a wonderful German family. Thanks to Ancestory we found her off springs! ☘️💗🙏🌹
Omg I watch this show over 25 years ago, as a child I never fully understand it, I'm so blessed to rewatch it over, it's a very touching story
This film was a holiday special aired during Chirstmas week of 79. I too watched it then and loved every minute...much like I did now. Not sure but it may have been the last made for television movies of the seventies. Heart-warming way to end a very memorable decade. Thanks!
It aired on CBS.
For god knows why and what ever reason this film popped into my head today the last time I watched this movie was 1983/84 but numerous more times as a kid
It’s been at least 40 years since JP was my favourite and the amount of times I’ve tried to play the spoons 🥄🥄🥄
Sooooo underrated CLASSIC
Thank you so much for uploading this ❤🙏♥️
Me too. I don't know why this movie popped up in my head today, but very glad to find it available online. ❤
@@debbiedebbie9473same!!! All of a sudden after 45 years (I was 9) this movie popped into my head. Never imagined it quite THIS good.
The smile on Dutch's face when that man started speaking to his wife in German. Like, Thank God, finally someone I can underatand. I thought they'd have trouble placing him because of the language barrier. Sometimes God prepares our path for us.
Bobbi Chapman That’s my dad in the hat!
Peter K. Many of the actors are wearing hats. Could you be more specific?
Bobbi Chapman The man who speaks German after trying to speak to Dutch in English
Peter K. thank you for sharing that with me. Is your family of German descent or did your Father learn to speak German for his role in the movie?
The orphan train is reminder of the selfishness of some people, one has to live a child of the times, and human charity to care, I understand fully, I have seen it from both sides, one day we will understand what God faith and the world is about and our destiny
What a great story , so happy for all those kids and families that took them .
I just finished watching the Orphan Train movie. Decent acting, good story, pretty realistic. Loved it! Great family film! I’d give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Wow what a beautiful story.I could not stop crying! One becomes a cry baby when you have lost 3 children!!
This is a lovely film. The plot is cheesy, albeit based on real events, and it glosses over the children whose new homes turned out even worse than where they were before, but it's very well written and put together. My favourite bit is the dance at the last-but-one town with the guy calling the moves and the girl playing the spoons. I looked up the writer and producer, Dorothea G. Petrie, and was very sorry to learn that she died in November last year. She made a few films which I'll now be seeking out. Thank you Dorothea xx
I'd love to know who the girl playing the spoons is and where I can see more of her stuff.
Not all children were treated badly. Many did well and when on to be outstanding citizens.
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid, and I still LOVE it!
I read this book a million times when I was growing up. The back of the book said "Now a Major Motion Picture!" but I never had a chance to see it. I just happened to come across this by accident and I'm so very glad I had a chance to see it. Thanks for posting this!
I enjoyed this movie, as a child. Now still watching as an adult ..
Same here it is timeless
I only saw this movie the one time but it made a big impact on me and my memory. I can't believe you found it and have shared such a great quality upload of it. I am completely enjoying it again 40 years later. Thank you a hundred times. LL
You took the words right out of my mouth! I feel the exact same way. It made an impact on me when I saw it the first time it was played on TV and I never forgot it so I was glad to finally get to see it again.
I remember it too. It stuck with me and I've looked for years but had no idea how to find it. Did a search for "70s movie kids on a train " and found it. I mostly remember feeling I was in love with the character Sarah.
@@markfostercrtgamer3201 I did a search for "Sarah" Linda Manz, she just died Aug 14th 2020 age 58. One story said Covid another said Lung Cancer. I just found this movie this week never heard of it before. A little slow but good story. Sarah had that orphan sad face that drew the viewer in I think. Take care Mark ☮
@@ellamone9998 oh man, I didn't know she had passed away. She played the younger sister in the Richard Gere / Brooke Adams movie Days of Heaven, too.
@@mothershelper1981 Oh, I'll have to watch that movie as I've never seen it before. I like Richard Gere movies when he was younger. His acting got worse as he aged 😊
Thank God for the people who took these orphans in and cared for them. Some of these orphans showed their gratitude by becoming pillars of their communities and making a viable contribution to the world.
And the thousands of priests that have sexually abused young boys. Sure thank god
This was truly an amazing movie. So many orphan children found homes. An amazing effort
It's 2023 and lm watching this movie ❤❤
I can honestly say I haven't cried so many times in a movie in years, if ever! While @ the end, complete happy tears. When they got to that last town -&&- all those people came running I lost it. Such a great, amazing movie!!👏 Thank you for posting such a great movie, -&&- great quality!!
Best emotional scene in the movie
Also when JP put on her gown
WONDERFUL!!! 76 YRS. OLD AND NEVER KNEW OF THIS.
I remember when movies had so much depth you were so involved characters made you feel something that is totally lost and gone in movies today
I am so glad that I stumbled upon this movie. I had never even heard of the Orphan Train until a few years ago, when I helped care for a woman that was on an Orphan Train. This is a wonderful movie. ❤ I am looking forward to watching it again! Miss Simms was a wonderful woman. Thank God for people like her! 🙏❤
This is a fantastic movie !! Sad at times , but a great ending . Thank you for sharing this movie !!
It was neat seeing how they filled the water for the steam. I noticed a pattern of 7 miles between consecutive small towns near me. Being a city girl I saw the pattern but couldn't reconcile the reasoning. My husband, who comes from a railroading family, informed me that 7 miles is the distance a steam train could travel before needing to stop to refill the water tank. The towns were built to meet the needs of the railroad. My husband's grandfather started working for the railroad at 13. His father passed away and he was the oldest. He had to go to work to support his family, at 13 he was the man of the house.
And kids today think they have it tough if they have to do a few chores.
Omg such a good movie. I read the book by Christina Baker. A little different but still good
I hadn’t thought about this movie in forty years since i watch it on tv,i was ten years old and i thought I’d never see it again.
I can’t thank you enough for uploading this to UA-cam. 🙌❤️🙏
A wonderful story, God blees this lady who always was there for this needed children.🤗🤗🤗
And I got to ride in a real cool coach car opposite Jill Eikenberry!
I remember this movie when it first came out. I was quite young and it stayed w me. I was surprised it was actually here when I searched.
Thank you for posting this movie! I am 23 and first rented and saw this movie a few years ago, and I've loved it ever since! It's a movie worth putting on DVD. It is definately a film that I would love to show my children should I ever have any. Thank you sooo much!
What a brave woman to do what she did and God helped her and those children. What a glorious God we have!
What god are you talking about? Please enlighten me?
Lorraine Davis Ramirez Yes,Praise God for His Awesome love!!
If there was a "god" these things wouldn't happen. Get real.
@@pihoihoi the True and living God..Jesus saves!
@@UGH2500 You are a deranged person. There are no gods, let alone living gods. They're only in your mind. And Jesus does not live and does not save anybody. You are out on your own to live this life and make the best of it, that's all
Oh my god, thank you, THANK YOU for uploading this movie. I watched this when I was very, very young, but the movie made enough of an impression upon me that I still vividly remember the hanging of the boy, and how he gave his friend his shoes. I spent my teen years just finding the title of the movie, and then actually locating a physical copy - an exercise in failure until I found your upload. It's like plugging a substantial hole in my childhood.
This movie certainly is a HUGE BLESSING❤ I had never heard of it till now.
I'm SOooOOoo very glad it's here.
Bless y'all🙏❤️🙏
A Film hasn't touched my heart like this film did, for a very long time, i don't have children so it was such a joy to watch and hope for the best for that innocence to find a good home, charming and important film in it's portrayal of a complex issue that informs our Humanitarianism, my hat's off to the Director and the actors , child actors at that too ! So glad I discovered this Film inadvertantly on UA-cam , Thanks for Uploading it, I feel Blessed !
I watched this movie for a college assignment just now, I'm studying Social Work. The movie was so beautiful and it made me heart happy to see these precious children find families, especially Tony and Ben, I was so worried they wouldn't be kept together.
My heart goes wd the families who adopted those orphan children.
I was 12 when this aired around Christmas in 1979. Never saw it again until now. Over the years I couldn't get that big eyed cutie pie out of my head. He played Ben and it was good seeing him again. 😄
I remember watching it when I was 7 years old on Christmas day in 1983 in Korea. This movie moved me and I have kept it on my heart.. Thanks for uploading it
I love 💕 historical fiction and this movie was wonderful!!! Very heartwarming n humourous still filled with action, great selections of characters, n beautiful scenery, n the fact that it was a true story made it even better!!! Great posting!!!
I love old movies like this there so wholesome and clean and amazing massage behind the movie😘
One of those movies you watch and never quite forget. I remember watching this on British TV years ago as a kid and I never forgot it. Just stumbled across this here on You Tube , great to watch it again, great memories. Thank You
There were also kids who came from England, and went to Canada to be placed. I'm sure it was very difficult for them.
Thanks there is still some nice people around to pick up the pieces of our lives when we fall.
Great movie, loved it so much. I cried and cried... the song «Count your blessing... one by one» has another sense for me now. Thank you for uploading
This is Awesome. I actual remember that my parents Saved this movie on VHS from the original CBS broadcast December 22nd 1979! I watched it dozens of times because back then we didn't have an endless supply of movies and VHS Tapes were expensive. The hanging scene shocked me as a very young kid, but I remember joking about the scene in middle school. Crazy it's here!
What a great film and great story! Thank you for posting and sharing this amazing story. Very touching film. ❤❤❤
I just watched the movie the other day, first time since its original airing. Brought a smile to my face ☺️ and a tear in my eyes
I was 8, and thought I made this movie up. Nice to know I’m not crazy
I love this movie. It made me cry so much. There are children all over the world who are suffering like this and so many rich, and well to do didn't do anything. Instead they want more and more riches. Never satisfied with what they have. Others hurt them instead. May the Almighty God rebuke them.
In 1854 the first orphan train left New York City. The first stop west was Dowagiac,Mi (Doe-wah-Jack.)Dowagiac was a small manufacturing city known as “Stove Town” surrounded by many farms. Some of the children were adopted there by farmers. Some of the children eventually went to work in the stove/furnace factories that Dowagiac was known for. The biggest was the Round Oak foundry. Dowagiac is in SW Michigan just North of South Bend,Indiana between Kalamazoo and Chicago. Once known as the furnace capital Dowagiac lost most of the major stove/furnace companies it once had. Dowagiac now is mainly a bedroom community of 6,000 residents for the South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart Indiana metropolitan area. Dowagiac was also home to James Heddon inventor of the artificial fishing lure. Heddon was the largest manufacturer of fishing lures,rods from 1890s-1960s. Dowagiac is the headquarters for the Potawatomi Indian Nation and also home to Southwest Michigan College.
2.14:00 saw this film when I was 8 or 9. Had this photo in my head all along. Now I found the movie it belongs to. 1979. Finally.
It is true, the way we treated children and we still treat them can be appauling. But I think that this movie shows the way it should be done. There are horrors and evil people all over the world....but there are also wonderful people who help the most vulnerable. I think that we have no control on other people behaviour, but only our own behaviour....why don't we focus on being the best human decent people we can be and hope to inspire others to do the same.
God bless you, Sandy!
Children don't even have free lunch in school, down with the elite
Sandy you are a saint; I hope your significant other appreciates the jewel that you are.
Why Repentance, Forgiveness, Belief in Lord Jesus Christ, being changed, Matters. Mark 1:15 John 14:6
SANDY 22, I WAS TAUGHT AN OLD AFRICAN PROVERB WHEN I WAS YOUNG, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. I LOVE AND APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS...U BOAT COMMANDER...
What a wonderful heartwarming film! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Up there with the very best of films! ✴✴✴✴✴
This isn't a good movie it's an excellent movie , put it on my favorite movie list - thank you !
Thank you for uploading this TV movie. It was my favourite as a child. The characters of this movie always stay with you. It was so good to come across it.
I just love this movie. Makes me wish I could've been one of these children, I had not a very good mother but a wonderful dad. . I could watch this movie over n over.
This is a wonderful movie. I wish there are more people like her to help the orphans from war torn countries. And also more families willing to adopt orphan and destitute children.
This is one of my all time favourite movies. I love it.
I remember this from 1979. Me and my brother continued to say "touch me once more and I'll break your arm" for years after
At 8:05, when Danny Mahoney meets the gaze of his friend, and there are no words to express what their eyes are saying, I get all choked up and tearful as though I had been present. This video just showed up on my tube while I was napping, and it had nearly played out when I woke up. They were at the square dance, and there was so much hushed emotion in the faces of the ones waiting to be chosen. I'm so glad I watched it to the end and then started it over from the beginning. This is HISTORICAL and well WORTH WHILE. Thank you so much for sharing!!
That is a wonderful movie. It has hope, love, perseverance and a great ending. Thank you
Thank God there is still good people on this earth and no one should suffer bless all the people that help people in need.
Lovely movie all have been in hardship .❤
I have search this movie for more than 10 years . Now I 'm 17 and I find it . I am very happy about it . 🖤💙❤️ 2023 may 31 at 02:33 by TA . From sri lanka .
If your reading this BEFORE you watch this film here is a heads up ..... have plenty of tissues handy. You will need them :) amazing movie, another history lesson I have learned on UA-cam! Fantastic upload, both audio and video. A1! Blesses and best wishes to all! Dj Salem, Oregon.
Ms Simms showed an amazing heart to love these children! awesome movie.
Nice movie good director hope that some of the actor or actress are still around watch this lovely touching story
I saw this movie a long time ago, and I only remembered the last scenes. I’m going to watch it
I remember this movie when I was in middle school and I loved it.
i FEEL WONDERFUL..What a beautiful film.
Thanks to whoever uploaded....what a great movie! I love the ones like this that are based on a true story. Happy ending (except that Liver Pool was killed in war)
I pray for the day when every thing will be good , no more suffering.
It will happen during the 1000 year reign of Jesus on this earth.
I do too.
And through His eternal reign.
Zeidy Babbi Montreal that's death
Zeidy Babbi Montreal Yes Amen!!
What a heartwarming film!
Thank you so much for uploading this movie. I have been searching for it for along time.
Thank you for uploading this movie.
Great movie very humbling and if it don’t touch your heart ,your heartless‼️❤️
This movie shows how fucking cruel people were back then.
I guess we can all agree this is good art
what a wonderful film. I just loved it. 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Such a good film, they don't make them like this anymore.
Thank you so much for sharing this. There's an orphanage museum in Mankato Minnesota that tells about sending children to the western states on the orphan trains.
Thank you so much for uploading beautiful meaningful movies. I hardly watch nowadays movies only some of those that don’t have much crap! AND the language, my God!
I used to watch this movie a lot as a kid. Had it recorded on Betamax!
Oh my goodness this was an excellent movie and discovery! I had no idea of this piece of American history. Thank you so much for posting!