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Virtual: Pandemic! A Binghamton Christmas in 1918
December 20, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
We’re going back to the winter of 1918 in Binghamton, NY when the Great War was coming to an end, the holidays were right around the corner, and a pandemic was spreading through the area.
Where: Zoom
Cost: $6 for General; Free for Roberson Members
Registration: https://roberson.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/4901
The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic reached the Binghamton area in September of 1918, several months after the first case was ever reported. We will be discussing the timeline of the pandemic in the local area, how this affected the holiday season, and how did this all compare to the other big news of Fall 1918; the ending of World War I.
In this Zoom lecture, Alyssa Eveland take you through stories she has uncovered from Binghamton’s archives–stories of snake oil salesmen and rumors of Santa spreading the flu.
