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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — In the middle of a disaster, we expect to see Red Cross volunteers rushing to the aid of those hit the hardest. The American Red Cross represents a hope for all Americans: that volunteers ...

It was Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, who said, "You must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it." Barton's philosophy captures the spirit of America’s ...

What does this letter reveal about America's early efforts to honor its war dead? Dated July 1866, the letter reports the death of a man named Israel Brown. Along with the letter, our contributor ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Changes are coming to a historic landmark in downtown Johnstown. An organization is taking new steps to restore the Clara Barton house. The house is said to have been the first ...