Since late win ter 2020, the world has been dealing with the effects of COVID-19 and everything that's come with it. Our vocabulary now consists of terms like 'social distancing' and quarantine, both things our generation rarely spoke of until now. This isn't the first time a virus has ravaged the United States or the world. In 1918 the "Spanish Flu" swept across the globe, killing millions. In the fall of 1918, the "flu" made itsway across America. We were not prepared for such a virus to sweep through our population, but the country did the best it could with what we had. Nobody was immune to this powerful virus, not even the celebrities of the silent era. Harold Lockwood was foreign to me until I started researching notable names hit with this powerful virus. But, it was clear he was one of the biggest Hollywood names to succumb to the ‘flu.’ Lockwood was a popular silent movie star of the time, starring in several films between 1911 a