Episode 7: The Carolina Quarantine of 1918

Contributors

Chris Horn, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Description

Today's COVID-19 landscape of quarantines and sickness bring to mind another pandemic — the 1918 influenza outbreak that hit hard on the University of South Carolina campus. One young student, Gadsden Shand, answered the call of duty and helped keep many of his classmates alive.

Publication Date

4-7-2020

City

Columbia, SC

Keywords

University of South Carolina, Student Army Training Corps, Gadsden Shand, 1918 flu pandemic

Disciplines

History

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