1918 Flu Epidemic in Missouri

Aug

16

6:00 pm

Where

James Memorial Library
300 W Scioto Street
St. James, MO 65559

Where

James Memorial Library
300 W Scioto Street
St. James, MO 65559

Join Kathleen Seale, coordinator of the Rolla and Springfield Research Centers, and discover how different communities in Missouri experienced and responded to the 1918 flu epidemic. Using primary and secondary sources, she will discuss how the epidemic affected Missouri and its people using case studies of different communities from all across the state.

Can't make it to St. James? Watch a two-part presentation on the 1918 flu epidemic from SHSMO On Demand.

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