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Pandemic

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Woodrow Wilson Articles

President Wilson Stricken with Spanish Flu

October 20, 2020 0

Have other presidents become ill during a pandemic, similar to President Trump’s contraction of COVID-19? President George Washington did not catch yellow fever during the…

Salk Vaccine Articles

Salk’s Vaccine Vanquished Poliovirus 65 Years Ago

April 13, 2020 0

From sewing masks to donating food, Americans have shown a giving spirit during the COVID-19 pandemic. A similar spirit existed in the 1950s during another…

Polio Articles

April 12, 1955-Vaccine Vanquishes Polio 65 Years Ago

April 12, 2020 0

As Americans combat the COVID-19 virus, we can find inspiration in the breaking news of April 12, 1955. On that day 65 years ago, Americans…

Hamilton Epidemic GenealogyBank.com Articles

In the 1st U.S. Epidemic, Alexander Hamilton Leveraged Newspapers to Save Lives

March 18, 2020 0

As America combats the novel coronavirus, looking back at America’s first epidemic during George Washington’s presidency – using GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives – shows how Alexander Hamilton…

Hamilton Yellow Fever Articles

A warning for COVID-19: Politics infected the nation’s first epidemic, cost lives

March 10, 2020 0

Politics has infected discussion of the novel coronavirus, especially on social media. When Democratic Denver City Councilwoman Candi CeBaca expressed solidarity with this tweet: “For…

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  • Revisiting Patriotic Songs
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  • The White Stripes and Bright Stars

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