Before COVID-19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the Spanish Flu.” The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I). In the United States, a quarter of the population caught the virus, 675,000 died, and life ...
In one year, the average life expectancy in the United States dropped by 12 years. It is an oddity of history that the influenza epidemic of 1918 has been overlooked in the teaching of American history. Documentation of the disease is ample, as shown in the records selected from the holdings of the National Archives regional archives.
Eugene Debs at Canton, Ohio Winter 2017–18, Vol. 49, no. 4 By Glenn V. Longacre Enlarge Eugene Debs delivers his famous antiwar speech at Canton, Ohio, . This photograph was used as Government Exhibit Number 17 for the prosecution. (National Archives at Chicago, RG 21) View in National Archives Catalog On a sultry afternoon in 1918, the tall, lanky Hoosier walked up the ...
Records of the Third Army, including headquarters general correspondence, issuances, and historical files, 1918-19; records of miscellaneous headquarters units, 1918-19; correspondence of the personnel adjutant, 1918- 19; investigation reports, intelligence summaries, and an office history of the inspector general, 1918-19; records of the civil ...
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