Posted on:
December 8, 2020
By:
Thomas Bugg, HC Historical Society
This year has seen much tragedy with the COVID-19 pandemic, but at other points in our history we have seen bright moments at this time of year even in the midst of similar pain.
The Spanish Flu of 1918 killed more than an estimated 50 million of the world's population. In that year, the Armistice was finally reached to end The Great War, World War I.
But there was an exciting new toy for good boys and girls that year as well.