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.

Clara Barton Parkway Between The Chain Bridge and The Glen Echo Turn Around. Montgomery County, MD. All lanes open. Southbound delays are .05 miles. There are no northbound delays.

Clara Barton was present at some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War: Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The Clara Barton Parkway has reopened Wednesday afternoon after it closed earlier for emergency pothole repairs. The road, which runs along the Maryland and D.C. side of the ...

Clara Barton's downtown Washington office, where she led an effort to trace missing soldiers from the Civil War before she founded the American Red Cross, has survived since her death 100 years ...

When Clara Barton took on nursing during the U.S. Civil War, she was also part soldier, diplomat, and — since many doctors refused to work with women — a trailblazer.

Coming off her world-record harness racing performance in the Clara Barton Distaff Pace at Plainridge Park, Sylvia Hanover ...

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 ...

If you travel along the Clara Barton Parkway in or out of D.C., you’ll want to plan for some major changes to traffic as road improvements begin later this month. Beginning July 27, the National ...

EDISON -- The Clara Barton Branch Library is now on life support. After an outcry from residents, Edison officials announced they won’t close the smallest of the town’s three libraries on June ...