Father Flanagan Timeline

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 13^th 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.