Girls and Boys Town
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Girls and Boys Town (formerly Boys Town) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the care of at-risk children. Its national headquarters is the village of Boys Town, Nebraska. It is a National Historic Landmark.
The original Boys Town was founded as a boys orphanage in 1921 by Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest working in Omaha.
A 1938 movie called Boys Town features actor Spencer Tracy portraying Flanagan. It also starred Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull and Gene Reynolds.
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