@rvaanthony: In October 1918, Richmond closed its churches, schools, theaters and dance halls, all at the request of one doctor. Not the time you're thinking of. This is his October, told from the city's own newspaper: a high school that became a hospital overnight, a hospital Black Richmonders staffed themselves in Jackson Ward, and a fight to reopen. Did your family pass down anything about 1918? #Richmond #rva #Virginia #VirginiaHistory #RichmondHistory #JacksonWard #1918flu #spanishflu #History #localhistory #learnontiktok Images: Library of Congress (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1918-19), U.S. National Archives, Library of Virginia, VCU Libraries, NYPL, Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons (public domain; Jackson Ward photo CC BY 3.0, Morgan Riley; Hollywood Cemetery and UVA photos CC BY 2.0, Tony; Phil Roeder). Original score.

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