In May 1881 Clara Barton — the ... named Adolphus Solomons founded the American Red Cross. The International Committee of the Red Cross had been formed 18 years earlier, in Switzerland, and ...

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on May 21, 1881. Barton was inspired by the Red Cross movement in Europe while ...

Aug. 10, 2007 — -- A trademark lawsuit against the American Red Cross aims to ... the emblem for more than 100 years. The Red Cross formed in 1881, which is when it started using the red ...

On this day in 1881, Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons founded the American National Red Cross, a charitable body with links to the U.S. military that provides humanitarian aid to victims of wars ...

In 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore. In 1856, Lawrence, Kan., was burned by ...

5, 1881. The fires made national news ... If any good came of the fires, it was that they led the American Red Cross, then a new organization, to launch its first disaster response, becoming ...