The Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the American Red Cross has announced the launch of its 2009 Clara Barton Society fundraising campaign. The campaign, which is the chapter's major annual fundraiser, ...

Explore Clara Barton’s legacy with Smithsonian interns at historic sites that preserve women’s history, from the Missing Soldiers Office to the Red Cross. Rachel F. Seidman In 1997, while examining a ...

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 ...

Surviving the destruction wrought by tornados, hurricanes or other natural disasters can be a devastating experience. Often, in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, people are reeling from shock ...

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 ...