Karen WashburnSep 17, 20209 min readMoonshine and Murder In LoudounUmbaugh & Lambert With Confiscated Moonshine
Karen WashburnSep 7, 20207 min readMoonshine Leads to MurderThere were other more serious dangers associated with moonshine than being caught by the law. In 1923 there was a still operating on one...
Karen WashburnSep 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...
Karen WashburnApr 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...
Karen WashburnApr 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...
Karen WashburnApr 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...