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A Portal to Pennhurst - share your story

Pennhurst has affected the lives of many people in many ways. If you have a Pennhurst story or memory that you would like to share, please click the Add A Comment link below and post your story. You may include up to 2 images.
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Chris Peecho	02/19/2010
Picture provided by Rebecca Fischer, grand niece of the young fellow on the left. His name is Martin New, and his dad Albert is on the right. He was dropped off at Pennhurst in 1944, got out in the 1980s under the Court Order, and went to a CLA with an agency named PATH - People Acting To Help. Please take a moment to read Rebecca Fischer's touching commentary on Pennhurst and her great uncle Martin.

Simon S.	07/29/2009
My Aunt Elizabeth. She was still young when she died there, and she was there most of her life. After my Grandmother died, I don't think she saw the outside world again. She's just a faint memory to me now. Almost a dream. But she was real and she deserved better than what she got - locked away up there. My Grandmother believed Pennhurst was a good place for her. Maybe it was and maybe it wasn't. We'll never know. We dont talk about her much anymore. But here she is at her First Holy Communion - in all her glory for the world to see...