The first local society of the American…

August 1881 CE

The first local society of the American Red Cross is founded August 22, 1881 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York, where Clara Barton has maintained a country home since 1875.

Subsequent local chapters will soon be established in Rochester and Syracuse.

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Dansville Livingston New York United States View →

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Clara Barton View →

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New York State (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Red Cross, International Committee of the (ICRC) View →

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Party System, Third (United States) View → America's “Gilded Age;” 1876 through 1887 View →

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