Father Edward Flanagan was born in Ballymoe, Ireland on July 13, 1886 before coming to America and eventually forming Boys Town orphanage west of Omaha, NE. Boys Town now has multiple campuses throughout the United States. Spencer Tracy portrayed Father Flanagan in the movie “Boys Town” in 1938 and you have to be big time to make the cut for a postage stamp. He is the process of being made a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
