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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From the Archives
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, …
From the Archives…
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. …
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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 …