DC in 1881, by Clara Barton. She was known as the "Angel of the

Battlefield" because her heart's desire was to aid servicemen

that were combating in the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln

created the United States Sanitary Commission to help cope with

diseases that swept through the Union Army. Clara Barton often

traveled to Europe to rest after forming the local Red Cross

Society in Dansville, New York. The Red Cross embarked on its

first disaster relief effort by providing assistance to victims

of forest fires in Michigan that left 125 dead and thousands

In 1891, The Red Cross constructed a building in Glen Echo,

MD, to serve as a warehouse for disaster supplies. Later it was

modified to accommodate offices and living quarters for Clara

Barton and her associates. In 1892, The Red Cross went overseas

for its first relief program by sending corn donated by

Midwestern farmers to Russia to help feed one million family

victims. In 1900, The American Red Cross received its first

Congressional Charter and responded to Galveston, Texas, after a

hurricane and tidal wave caused the highest death toll

In 1912, The Red Cross began its rural nursing program that

converted half-ton truck that toured airfields in England with

operation of The Red Cross to new employees and volunteer staff.

immediate help in our country's time of adversity. Responding

military centers around the country. The Clubmobile was a

spills, transportation accidents, explosion's and other natural

think of their pet's as family, so who better that than the two

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