December 21, 2020
>> when i was reading about the parade in philly, this huge liberty loan parade that was in 1918, i was thinking to myself, dont do the parade, dont do the parade. then the week later, i think its thousands of people die, perhaps 14,000 people. then you go to st. louis, another city, also had prepared a parade. they listened to medical authorities. only 700 people died. when you read this as an historian and you know the end of the story, you want to say, stop, do the right thing. >> the day aft...