Henry Tirrell News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Your Turn: The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, from New London to Norwich
A Navy truck filled with sailors and enlisted women rides down State Street on Nov. 11, 1918, soon after the armistice ending World War I was signed. The celebration occurred as the region was experiencing a pandemic that became known as the Spanish Flu. (photo courtesy of the Public Library of New London)
Published January 28. 2021 12:01AM 
Vivian F. Zoe, Special to The Times
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series.
The Spanish Influenza pandemic in Connecticut is said to have started in New London on Sept. 1, 1918, when the active port debarked passengers and, a few days later, sailors from the U.S. Naval Base returned to port ill. ....

United States , Long Island Sound , New York , Slater Hall , District Of Columbia , New London , City Of , United Kingdom , Yantic River , Slater Museum , Loretta Higgins , Thames Hall , Helen Johnson , William Smith , Roberte Harrington , Henry Tirrell , T Eben Reeke , Helen Todd , Henry Barnard Norton , Board Of Health , London Submarine , Hart Transportation Company , City Mission , Us Naval , Second Congregational Church , Boston Purity Distilling Company ,