What can the D.C. church response to the 1918 flu pandemic teach us now?
As World War I was ending, still another enemy was making its way toward the nation’s capital: the Spanish Flu. Between October 1918 and February 1919, an estimated 50,000 cases were reported in the District of Columbia; 3,000 D.C. residents lost their lives. At the peak of the pandemic, the D.C. government banned all public …
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