DeSoto County Museum

Throughout DeSoto County’s history, doctors, nurses, relief workers and a network of civic organizations have stepped up to support the community, state, nation and world through epidemics, world wars and natural disasters such as flood, fire and tornadoes.

During World War I, women volunteers in the DeSoto community rolled bandages and assisted the American Red Cross with needed supplies for soldiers fighting on the front during the “Great War” as it was called.

That mobilization of volunteers also was instrumental with the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 that coincided with the war raging in Europe. We have such brave, wonderful volunteers assisting our community in the outbreak of the Coronavirus Pandemic that it deserves to be mentioned that their efforts have made fighting the pandemic all the more successful.

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