Photo of the day From the Stripes archives

September 1, 2005

 

Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Loewenstein, Germany, August 16, 1957: A young resident sits on the steps at the Lichtenstern orphanage, a centuries-old former convent that by the mid-1950s housed about 140 children. American soldiers from the nearby 28th Battle Group at Heilbronn were sponsors of the orphanage, giving parties for the kids and helping out with needed work on the grounds.