San Mateo History Museum Event Jan 13 2018

Article Source: County of San Mateo CA

Presentation: January 13, 2018 - 1 p.m.
Barbara Wilcox will discuss “This Awful Disease: The 1918 Flu Epidemic in Camp Fremont and San Mateo County”

Roughly 575,000 Americans died during the 1918 influenza epidemic, a global crisis that scientists and historians are still struggling to understand. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the epidemic coincided with America’s World War I mobilization as thousands of Bay Area troops moved into the path of the epidemic on their way to France. Barbara Wilcox, author of World War I Army Training by San Francisco Bay: The Story of Camp Fremont, speaks on the epidemic as it was experienced on the San Francisco Peninsula a century ago, how World War I may have contributed to the epidemic’s spread, and how wartime Army surgeons helped today’s science by preserving specimens that ultimately enabled researchers to sequence the 1918 flu genome. Explore past theories on how the 1918 flu became so deadly and learn what questions scholars are asking today.

The presentation will take place in historic Courtroom A, within the San Mateo County History Museum, at 2200 Broadway in Redwood City on January 13, 2018 at 1 p.m. It will be free with the price of admission to the Museum ($6 for adults and $4 for seniors and students). The Wilcox presentation is part of the History Museum’s monthly “Courthouse Docket” series, sponsored by the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation. For more information call 650-299-0104 or go to historysmc.org/courthouse-docket.

Sarah Phelps
Development Associate
San Mateo County Historical Association
2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063
Ph: 650.299.0104, ext. 224 | Fax: 650.299.0141
sarah@historysmc.org | www.historysmc.org
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