Belchertown School for the Feeble Minded
April 17th, 2013
Belchertown, MA

The song was playing during the post processing and it seemed fitting, pretentious, but fitting ;)

Yes, the room really was that eerie green.

Pink Floyd's Green is the Colour:

Heavy hung the canopy of blue
Shade my eyes and I can see you
White is the light that shines through the dress that you wore
She lay in the shadow of a wave
Hazy were the visions of her playing
Sunshine on her eyes but moonshine made her blind every time
Green is the colour of her kind
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned

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April 17th, 2013
Belchertown School for the Feeble Minded

Because going to an abandoned "school for the feeble minded" wouldn't be the same without grabbing a shot of a broken down wheel chair.

info: "Blechertown State School was established in 1922 after a long line of large 19th-century institutions had already been built in Massachusetts. It closed in 1992 after a systemwide evaluation of facilities and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

After Fernald and Wrentham, Belchertown State School became the third school in the Commonwealth for "the feeble-minded". It was closely modeled on Wrentham and meant to continue the nationally renowned treatment at Fernald. It became the only school for developmentally disabled children in Western Massachusetts. Chapter 127 of the Acts of 1915 authorized construction of a 'new school for the feeble-minded in the western part of the state' with an appropriation of $50,000 to purchase 700 acres of land. Development of the land was not undertaken until 1918, during which Wrentham State School acted as a parent institution to Belchertown in much the same way that Fernald had given rise to Wrentham in 1906-08.
Chapter 410 of the Acts of 1922 officially established the Belchertown State School, and formal opening ceremonies were held on November 15, 1922. Sixty-five boys were transfered from Fernald that day, 128 more came from Fernald and Wrentham on November 24. "



SOURCE: www.1856.org/belchertown/belchertown.html

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April 17th, 2013
Belchertown School for the Feeble Minded
Belchertown, MA

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Belchertown School for the Feeble Minded

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Belchertown School for the Feeble Minded

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