Published today: Section 27

From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery’s history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen’s village and farm, and America’s most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper’s cemetery for men too poor to be returned to their families, and some of the very first war dead to be buried there include over 1,500 men who served in the United States Colored Troops. More than 3,800 former slaves are interred in section 27, the property’s original cemetery. Section 27 and Freedman’s Village in Arlington National Cemetery: The African American History of America’s Most Hallowed Ground is a must read and should be added to your reading list.

100 Years Ago: New Mexico

The Evening Current (Carlsbad, NM) contends that anyone doubting the need for a state health department should only look to the inability to quantify and address the influenza epidemic. Additionally more than 2000 children under the age of 5 died form preventable deaths in the last year.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93061433/1918-12-02/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=Influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=9&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1320

100 Years Ago: Influenza Rules Still in force

Citizens of Ogden are encouraged by the Utah Board of Health to help enforce the All-Influenza rules. These include walking in the open air rather than attending crowded amusements, reporting all cases, and staying in bed until a doctor says you can safely leave.
Source: “Ogden Citizens,” The Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, November 27, 1918. Page 8, Column 1.

100 Years Ago: NYC Health Commissioner lifted influenza restrictions

Royal Copeland, NYC Health Commissioner lifted all restrictions on opening hours on election day, November 5, 1918. Copeland calls it a “normal day.” That day 147 NYC residents died in the influenza outbreak. The NYC Department of Education director asks for a house-to-house canvass to find children made “destitute” the the outbreak.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1918-11-05/ed-1/seq-18/