MARCH is RED CROSS MONTH The tradition of March is Red Cross month started in 1943 during World War II. Prior to that, the Red Cross ran Roll Call campaigns. …
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From the Archives
American Red Cross has a long history of responding to weather-related disasters, including this blizzard that hit the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in 1960. West Jefferson, NC, March …
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Supporting the Troops: Red Cross and the Spanish American War February 15 marks 115 years since the USS Maine exploded in Cuba’s Havana Harbor. The explosion resulted in more than …
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January is National Blood Donor Month! In honor of the occasion we’d like to share a little history of our blood donor program. In 1936, the Red Cross, obtained permission …
From the Archives: Christmas Seals and Combating Tuberculosis
In the early twentieth century, the American Red Cross played a role in the fight against tuberculosis with Christmas seals. Before the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s, tuberculosis or …
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A Day Long Remembered… Hurricanes hitting the Northeast may seem like the exception, but over the years that region has seen its fair share of destructive storms. On September 21, …
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Norman Rockwell and the American Red Cross Well known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, Rockwell’s images of idealized American life hold an enduring place in the country’s iconographic landscape. …
Tales of the Archivist
Vivian Hayes was part of the Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas (SRAO) program. Starting in 1965, at the request of military authorities, the Red Cross sent teams of young, female college …