(32101) Belgian Evacuees, Children, Detroit, 1915
Posted July 24th, 2014 by eclemens
Father Syoens, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, poses with some of the 116 Belgian war refugees he helped bring over from Eastern Flanders. The majority of the refugees had family already established in the area and settled on Detroit's lower east side.
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1915-08Physdesc:
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