BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d6b69ea667628c57eb077e5b41f52c73989 CATEGORIES:Enrichment Series- Open to the Public SUMMARY:Pandemic 1918! Combating the Spanish Influenza during the Great War LOCATION:The Nineteenth Century Club\, 178 Forest Avenue\, Oak Park, IL 60301\, Unit ed States DESCRIPTION:
More than thirty percent of Ame
ricans were estimated to have contracted the Spanish Influen<
/span>za from 1918-1919 and millions of people lost their lives. Exp
lore the timeline of the outbreak and hear tales of how the U.S. Army, Navy
and civilian population centers tried desperately to combat the disease. G
enealogist Tina Beaird also provides resources for tracing yo
ur influenza victims through newspapers, government records,
medical journals, hospital registers and more. To register for this webinar
, click HERE.
These programs are free for members. A $15 d
onation is requested for non-members. If you would like to become a member,
click HERE.
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