Linda Connelly

Hopkinton 1918: Sullivan family loses 3 daughters to flu

by Hopkinton Independent | May 21, 2020

By Linda Connelly Special to the Independent I ended my research project “Hopkinton 1918,” which ran in the previous issue of the Independent, concluding that the town’s Annual Report of 1918 indicated that only two lives were lost to the influenza epidemic of that...

Hopkinton 1918: An earlier pandemic

by Hopkinton Independent | May 5, 2020

By Linda Connelly Special to the Independent In late March, when we were dealing with a rising tide of new coronavirus cases, I sought solace in the past. Hopkinton had gone through an epidemic of influenza just following the first World War and had come out in one...