THE SPANISH FLU A Worldwide Pandemic
THE SPANISH FLU A Worldwide Pandemic
THE SPANISH FLU A Worldwide Pandemic
- "Unless precautions are taken, the disease in all probability will spread to the civilian population of the city", wrote Dr. John Hitchcock, the head of the Communicable Disease section of the Massachusetts State Department of Health, in a circular to health officials. The disease of which he wrote in 1918 was influenza, then felling soldiers aboard the Receiving Ship at Boston's Commonwealth Pier. Within weeks, Boston was in the grip of the Spanish Flu that not only affected the residents of Massachusetts but became a world wide pandemic. Acclaimed Boston author and historian ANTHONY MITCHELL SAMMARCO will demonstrate how history tends to repeat itself in this fascinating exploration of Boston during WWI and how the disease known as the Spanish Flu decimated the world's population.
The Last Days of John Lennon
THE SPANISH FLU A Worldwide Pandemic
THE SPANISH FLU A Worldwide Pandemic
- AUTHOR CASEY SHERMAN COAUTHORED THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN LENNON WITH WELL KNOWN WRITER JAMES PATTERSON and DAVE WEDGE. ENRICHED BY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH LENNON'S FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, INCLUDING PAUL MCCARTNEY, THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN LENNON IS A THRILLING TRUE STORY OF TWO MEN WHO CHANGED HISTORY: JOHN LENNON- WHOSE INDELIBLE SONGS ENLIVEN OUR WORLD AND WHO WAS ON THE CUSP OF RESTARTING HIS CAREER AND MARK CHAPMAN, ASSASSIN, WHO ONCE WORSHIPPED LENNON FROM AFAR, BUT FEELING BETRAYED AND MISLED BY LENNON'S MESSAGE OF LOVE AND PEACE, DECIDES TO END THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC WITH 5 PULLS OF A TRIGGER.
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE VERMEER
THE SPANISH FLU A Worldwide Pandemic
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE VERMEER
The Rose Dugdale Story
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Russborough House Art Heist
- ANTHONY AMORE is the Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- In the world of art theft, only one woman has pulled off a major heist - Bridget Rose Dugdale. And she did it twice! A former debutante who rebelled against her wealthy family and her Lloyds of London underwriter father, Rose became a volunteer in the militant Irish Republican organization known as Provisional Irish Army (IRA). As an IRA member, she took part in major art thefts. Learn more about the incredible story of this Mt. Holyoke and Oxford University educated woman and why she turned to a life of crime!
Are there Runes in the Dunes
Are there Runes in the Dunes
THE WOMAN WHO STOLE VERMEER
- AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE EARLIEST CONFIRMED TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGES WERE IN FACT MADE BY THE VIKINGS OVER 1,000 YEARS AGO. BUT....WHO EXACTLY WERE THESE VIKINGS? WHERE EXACTLY DID THEY GO....AND WHY? DID THEY EVER COME TO CAPE COD? COULD CAPE COD BE THE FABLED "VINLAND"? ARE THERE RUNES IN THE DUNES???
- TIM LINDBERG WILL TAKE US ON AN HISTORIC JOURNEY WITHOUT ANY HOLLYWOOD HYPE. IT IS A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE, MYTHS, HOAXES AND VIKING HYSTERIA. AND THERE IS A LOT OF TRUTH AS WELL. ARE THERE RUNES IN THE DUNES? YOU BE THE JUDGE!
Gunpowder & Greasepaint
Are there Runes in the Dunes
They Knew They Were Pilgrims
- Joe Yukna, Director of Cape Cod’s Military Museum will relate the story about how the AAA Training Command Camp Edwards, the AA Demonstration Battalion Royal Artillery and superstar Dennis resident Gertrude Lawrence all came together in 1943 Cape Cod.
They Knew They Were Pilgrims
Are there Runes in the Dunes
They Knew They Were Pilgrims
- Four hundred years after the MAYFLOWER and the establishment of the Plymouth Colony, what is the place of the Pilgrims' in American History? In particular, how should be assess the relative significance of 1619 and the arrival of African slavery in Virginia on the one hand, and 1620 and the arrival of the Pilgrims on the other? John Turner, author, and professor at George Mason University, explains that liberty and slavery were intertwined realities in Plymouth Colony, Virginia, and in every other part of the emerging British empire.