The American Red Cross Association was founded in Washington
             DC in 1881, by Clara Barton. She was known as the "Angel of the
             Battlefield" because her heart's desire was to aid servicemen
             that were combating in the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln
             created the United States Sanitary Commission to help cope with
             diseases that swept through the Union Army. Clara Barton often
             traveled to Europe to rest after forming the local Red Cross
             Society in Dansville, New York. The Red Cross embarked on its
             first disaster relief effort by providing assistance to victims
             of forest fires in Michigan that left 125 dead and thousands
             In 1891, The Red Cross constructed a building in Glen Echo,
             MD, to serve as a warehouse for disaster supplies. Later it was
             modified to accommodate offices and living quarters for Clara
             Barton and her associates. In 1892, The Red Cross went overseas
             for its first relief program by sending corn donated by
             Midwestern farmers to Russia to help feed one million family
             victims. In 1900, The American Red Cross received its first
             Congressional Charter and responded to Galveston, Texas, after a
             hurricane and tidal wave caused the highest death toll in the
             United States of an estimated 6,000 deaths. The Red Cross also
             supplied financial and other assistance to families of the
             victims of the fire in a garment workshop that caused 145 deaths
             and prompted major revisions to the city's fire laws. They also
             In 1912, The Red Cross began its rural nursing program that
             gave home nurses' training and assistance to families in areas
             undeserved by medical professionals. Later that year, The Red
             Cross went beyond their guidelines to provide relief victims to
             civil unrest following Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots that caused the
             destruction of African-American sections of the city that
             resulted in more than 100 deaths. In 1922, The Red Cross created
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