On Sept. 28, 1918, a Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia prompted a huge outbreak of Spanish flu in the city. When the pandemic ended, an estimated 20 million to 50 million people were dead worldwide. By June, the flu seemed to have mostly disappeared on this continent. This class focuses on the pandemic’s impact on the Philadelphia region in 1917 and 1918. 

Thursday, September 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.