Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her first nursing experience at age 11, when her older brother fell off a barn roof. For nearly two years she remained at ...

History Detective host Eduardo Pagán consults a Clara Barton biographer, a civil war prison historian, and a Pennsylvania genealogist to determine whether an 1866 letter about the death of a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — A portion of Clara Barton Parkway will be closed during the rush hour commute Tuesday morning as crews inspect a 78-inch sewer pipe located next to the roadway. According to DC ...

History Detective host Eduardo Pagán consults a Clara Barton biographer, a civil war prison historian, and a Pennsylvania genealogist to determine whether an 1866 letter about the death of a ...