York Town Square

…York, Pa.’s Edmund Meisenhelder, beat back flu and All Spanish flu-related posts from the start and All polio-related posts from the start. York Town Square was giving lessons from history…

York Hospital treated its Spanish flu patients at the York Fairgrounds in the fall of 1918. The fair was canceled that year. Background posts: Well-known doctor, York, Pa.’s Edmund Meisenhelder,…

…and other deadly diseases in France, their families back home were struggling against the flu virus, as well. Background posts: World War I bond drive: Spanish ‘Flu bug, no more…

…killed two York countians in World War I and Well-known doctor, York, Pa.’s Edmund Meisenhelder, beat back flu and York’s Spanish flu epidemic of 1918: ‘It remains one of the…

…Spanish flu bug. (To see full mural, click here. Background posts: Great War hero Jeannette Zinn of York: ‘She made the supreme sacrifice’ and Spanish flu of 1918 no three-day…

York native Jeannette Zinn died while serving with the YMCA in war-torn Europe in 1918. Background posts: From war bonds to pets and people and Spanish flu epidemic in York:…

…flu — often compared with the Black Plague of the Middle Ages — had ravaged the world and hit men and women of military age the hardest. The flu often…

…old buildings stands as an apartment complex. Also of interest: Doctor wrote about oxygen use to aid ‘average country practitioners’ and Spanish flu epidemic in York: ‘People died one right…

…theater with a 12-foot screen. (See additional photos below.) Also of interest: Doctor wrote about oxygen use to aid ‘average country practitioners’ and Spanish flu epidemic in York: ‘People died…

…World War I and its devastating partner, the Spanish flu, was now behind. The senior class had begun their high school careers in 1917, the first year of America’s involvement…