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-Sep 3, 20206 min readMoonshine: A Dangerous, But Lucrative Business The eighteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect on January 19,1920, instituting a...
-Apr 16, 20205 min readPart III The 1918 Flu Pandemic Takes A Terrible Toll in Northern Virginia's Countryside(See two previous posts for Part I and Part II on this site.) The Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 arrived in Northern Virginia in...
-Apr 14, 20205 min readThe 1918 Pandemic Strikes Northern Virginia! It's Happened Before! Part II (See Part I on this site) In spite of all the optimistic statements offered by government officials that...
-Apr 11, 20205 min readIt's Happened Before! The 1918 Influenza Pandemic This story first appeared in Elan in February 2006. Because it was the winter time flu season I thought it would be appropriate to...