How One RI Town Got It Right During The Spanish Flu Pandemic

 
By RI NPR Radio with local historian Thomas O'Connell
April 2, 2020
 

Here is a little taste of local history narrated by local historian Tom O'Connell and Rhode Island National Public Radio. Click on the link above!
 
 
Hyperlinks: How One RI Town Got It Right During The Spanish Flu Pandemic
 
The Pleasant Street School in Westerly, R.I., is pictured circa 1907. The school was one of two elementary schools in town converted into hospitals during the Spanish Flu. PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS O'CONNELL
The Pleasant Street School in Westerly, R.I., is pictured circa 1907. The school was one of two elementary schools in town converted into hospitals during the Spanish Flu. PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS O'CONNELL