From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Join MHAHS for Virtual Event 5/21, PANDEMIC: Spanish Flu in WI Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 05:31:40 +0000 Message-ID: <CH2PR22MB20534FCEAB91A1DA6A09B5FFA1A10@CH2PR22MB2053.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
What can 1918 teach us about today?
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Join Dr. Kurt E. Leichtle on Thursday, May 21 at 6:00pm for a closer look a
t the Flu Pandemic of 1918 in Wisconsin--from the comfort and safety of you
r own home! This VIRTUAL EVENT is a first for the Mount Horeb Area Historic
al Society; an initiative born of the very same COVID-19 self-isolating mea
sures that also helped halt the wildfire spread of the Spanish flu.
This event is FREE, but registration is required to obtain
the meeting weblink (or choose to join by phone via call-in number
and access code). Respond to this email or call 608-437-6486 to sign up tod
ay.
For those of us living through it, the widespread and devastating effects o
f the novel coronavirus global pandemic feel completely unprecedented.
But historians can’t help but see parallels and similarities between toda
y’s pandemic and the Spanish flu that circled the planet over a century a
go, infecting roughly 1 in 3 and responsible for as many as 50 million deat
hs.
The Flu Pandemic of 1918 caught the world by surprise, was magnified by the
simultaneous intensity of World War I, and changed medicine and culture.
Dr. Leichtle will focus on the events and effects of the Spanish flu pandem
ic in a world context and translate that back to events in Wisconsin. He wi
ll also ask us to consider how 1918’s experience can inform our reactions
to and defenses against the current pandemic—what lessons can history te
ach us?
Kurt E. Leichtle is a History Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisco
nsin River Falls, where he taught for almost three decades. Dr. Leichtle’
s career has moved between public history and academic history. Before UWRF
, he was Site Manager of the Gibbs Farm Museum, Ramsay County Historical So
ciety of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and he currently serves as the Interim Exec
utive Director of the North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting i
n North Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has published two books, "Crusade Against
Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom," with Bruce Carveth, and "The W
isconsin Story," a 4th grade textbook. He regularly presents on historical
topics and has published articles in various journals.
For more information, call 608-437-6486
(leave a voicemail with your contact information)
or email mthorebahs@gmail.com<mailto:mthorebahs@gmail.com>.
Mount Horeb Area Historical Society
DRIFTLESS HISTORIUM
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