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On this date in history, July 8, 1918, the iconic novelist Ernest Hemingway, then an 18-year-old ambulance driver for the American Red Cross, was struck by a mortar shell while serving on the Italian ...

The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on this day in history, May 21, 1881. Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the ...

Two decades before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was a humanitarian without a cause. A former schoolteacher working as a clerk for the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C., Barton ...

The important role the Red Cross played in supporting American servicemen and women during World War II will be the topic of the next meeting of the Scott Hosier Veterans Roundtable. The meeting is ...

DANSVILLE – The American Red Cross Chapter House 1 in Dansville has reopened after the completion of building renovations. Dansville’s Chapter House 1, 57 Elizabeth St, is the very first Red Cross ...

Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the ...

WASHINGTON -- Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 ...

TUPELO • The Oren Dunn City Museum is honoring the women who’ve made a mark on local American Red Cross history. The museum honored the North Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross on Tuesday ...