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ClaraBartonNPS

  1. Glen Echo Park Annual Folk Festival is June 2-3. Visit nps.gov/glec for more information. 7:15 AM May 23rd via web
  2. May 21, 1881 - The American Association of the Red Cross is officially formed in Washington, D.C. #AmericanRedCross 6:35 AM May 21st via web
  3. May 17, 1877 - Writes a letter to Dr. Appia on forming an American Red Cross. For more info on this check our FB page: on.fb.me/L385cT 9:49 AM May 17th via web
  4. May 14, 1904 - Barton resigns after a 23-year presidency of the #AmericanRedCross (corrects previous tweet saying she resigned on May 12). 6:34 AM May 14th via web
  5. May 13, 1910 - Attended a reception in her honor in Chicago at the Abraham Lincoln Center. See ribbon from event at bit.ly/K7J2nI 8:28 AM May 13th via web
  6. May 12, 1881 - First meeting to help establish the American Red Cross. 23 years later, to the day, Barton resigns as president. 12:06 PM May 12th via web
  7. Percy Epler on Clara Barton, Such lives as hers teach the world a lesson, the wealth of human life is not in what it gets but what it gives. 8:38 AM Jan 31st via web
  8. Clara Barton believed in equal rights for women and African Americans. Her Glen Echo home is only 20 minutes from Martin Luther King Jr Mem 12:48 PM Jan 15th via web
  9. Dec.1861 - Quick trip to old home, check on father. Christmas Day, 40 years old... Wash., D.C. the men - idle, Typhoid Fever runs army. 1:32 PM Dec 26th, 2011 via web
  10. Happy holidays and happy birthday to Clara Barton, born Christmas day 1821. 6:16 AM Dec 23rd, 2011 via web
  11. We invite your troop for free workshops on making Victorian-era holiday greeting cards! For more infor visit nps.gov/clba! 5:18 AM Nov 4th, 2011 via web
  12. "It is said, upon proper authority, that 'our army is supplied.' How this can be so I fail to see." 10:45 AM Sep 25th, 2011 via web
  13. I took out an ad in the Worcester Spy for supplies for the men. I told them, "The cause is holy; do not neglect an opportunity to aid it." 8:01 AM Sep 22nd, 2011 via web
  14. My father has fallen ill again, and I wish I could go home to Massachusetts to be with him, but I am needed even more here in Washington. 10:15 AM Sep 8th, 2011 via web
  15. The Confederate Army has invaded Kentucky, violating that state's declaration of neutrality. 7:00 AM Sep 4th, 2011 via web
  16. I would love to go to the field and care for the men who fall, but I do not wish to embarrass my family with unladylike behavior. I am torn. 7:13 AM Aug 31st, 2011 via web
  17. Miss Dix has taken over the care of soldiers in the hospitals and does not care for independent women working there. She is quite hostile. 11:25 AM Aug 17th, 2011 via web
  18. There is talk of trouble out west in Missouri, but my attention remains here with my wounded boys. 11:57 AM Aug 11th, 2011 via web
  19. New soldiers arrive in Washington almost daily, and I try to be there to welcome them with food and refreshments. 6:17 AM Aug 5th, 2011 via web
  • Name Clara Barton
  • Location Glen Echo, Maryland
  • Web http://www.nps.go...
  • Bio Clara Barton National Historic Site celebrates the life and legacy of Clara Barton during 2012, the 100th Anniversary year of her death.
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