Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
In this issue: The 1918 Influeza Pandemic; Think what it must have been like in 1918; War-weary world beset by even more deadly illness; Military camps were breeding places of influenza; Connecticut toll; Plague entered state through seaport of New London; Hopelessly in the grip; School becomes hospital; Shortage of coal, cars, phone operators. Editor's note: This issue of The Shanachie is devoted entirely to recollections of Connecticut in 1918-1919 when Americans dealt with two huge tragedies: World War I and the misnamed “Spanish” Flu Epidemic. They were able to deal with that by declaring and meaning, “we are all in this together,” even though a huge national shortcoming — racism — remained in full and blatant bloom then and long after....
Recommended Citation
Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society, "The Shanachie, Volume 32, Number 2" (2020). The Shanachie (CTIAHS). 64.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shanachie/64
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