The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on this day in history, May 21, 1881. Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the ...

Leuyen Pham, who's written and illustrated more than 120 books, shared with the third, fourth and fifth graders how her journey from Vietnam to America inspired her to become an illustrator.

Clara Barton was a "trailblazer"who became "arguably the most famous woman in America" during the Civil War, according to authors of a recent book about Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. ...

Through the dense smoke a reverberation of artillery and whizzing of bullets mingles with the battle cries forced through gnashed teeth of those engaged in close combat. It is a scene straight from ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Clara Barton dedicated her life to caring for others. Barton, perhaps appropriately born on Christmas Day in 1821, was living in Washington when the Civil War began in 1861.

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 Civil War ...

Surviving the destruction wrought by tornados, hurricanes or other natural disasters can be a devastating experience. Often, in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe, people are reeling from shock ...