Many congregations canceled services, and some Christians focused on feeding and nursing the poor.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville saw its first case of the “Spanish flu” in late September 1918. By November, 1,300 had died — 1 percent of the city’s population.
The influenza would kill almost 700,000 in the United States and 50 million globally. It was the worst pandemic in modern history.
