Posted on 12/24/2021 12:27:20 PM PST by Borges
She was born in Massachusetts on December 25, 1821, the youngest of Stephen and Sarah Barton’s five children. They named her Clarissa Harlowe Barton after the main character in a popular British novel titled “Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.”
Clarissa Barton, known as Clara, would later make history of her own as the “Angel of the Battlefield” in the Civil War and as the founder of the American Red Cross disaster-relief agency.
Clara Barton’s long life — she lived to be 90 — was dedicated to serving others.
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Maybe she’ll make the cut for 2023’s quarters. She certainly stands above some of those on next year’s quarters.
She died just as the Titanic was starting her Atlantic crossing on her maiden voyage. Three days later her death would be overshadowed when it was learned the Titanic had sunk, resulting in the death of most of her crew and passengers.
That’s funny. We just went by it tonight. We took a detour coming back from my daughter’s house in Alexandria back to Potomac. The Beltway was messed up from an earlier accident so we came across the Memorial Bridge then followed the CO Canal. I drive home that way from work so I told my wife I see the sign all the time, but I’ve never gone by to see it. So we got off the Clara Barton Parkway to McArthur Blvd. The house is right next to Glen Echo Park. Really a beautiful home.
The left will find some reason to cancel her because she once used the N-word or some other silly shit.
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