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American nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on this day in history, May 21, 1881. She led the organization until 1904, when she retired to her Maryland home.
In the world of history, there is another birthday anniversary, also on Dec. 25, that should be acknowledged this year. And that is the birth of Clara Barton who was born 200 years ago this ...
Clara is a heart-shaped mascot named after Clara Barton, an Oxford native who founded the American Red Cross in 1881. Barton was a nurse & a teacher who worked as a medic on the frontlines during ...
Clara Barton was a "trailblazer"who became "arguably the most famous woman in America" during the Civil War, according to authors of a recent book about Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton was present at some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War: Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Updated at 8:45 a.m. Officials said part of the Clara Barton Parkway in Montgomery County, Md., will be closed through the evening rush hour, as crews make emergency repairs to the damaged road.
In celebration of her upcoming 200th birthday, they declared December 4th as "Clara Barton Day." Today, families of all ages visited the Friends Meeting House for a birthday celebration.
The Battlefields of Clara Barton has been in development with The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas since 2018 and with American Music Theatre Project since early 2020. It ...
EDISON -- The Clara Barton neighborhood in west Edison is the closest thing that this sprawling township has to a city center with a critical mass, but it still lags other areas like downtown ...
A fatal three-car crash closed a portion of the Clara Barton Parkway in Maryland for over 5 hours early Sunday morning. The crash happened about 4:20 a.m. Sunday in the area of Little Falls Bridge ...