Clara Barton is best known for founding the American Red Cross and serving as a battlefield nurse during the Civil War, but did you know she never received any formal training in medicine? As it turns ...
Through the dense smoke a reverberation of artillery and whizzing of bullets mingles with the battle cries forced through gnashed teeth of those engaged in close combat. It is a scene straight from ...
During the Civil War, Clara Barton risked her life helping distribute necessary supplies to Union Army soldiers. She was known as a "battlefield angel." Later, she founded the American Red Cross, a ...
Ten Georgetown University students are researching the life of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton in collaboration with a National Park Service site to bolster the content of the site’s exhibits ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton worked as a clerk in this building, which was then the U.S.
Because of generous blood donors across Indiana, we were able to deliver lifesaving blood products to patients here and ...
Acknowledgments -- Part 1: -- 1: Timid child -- 2: Miss Barton teaches school -- 3: Mother Earth for a kitchen hearth -- 4: Lanterns in the cornfield -- 5: Death in the sands -- 6: Conflict ends -- 7: ...
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...