Clara Barton
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The year was 1861in a war-torn America. This was the setting for the war between the states. The men and women of both sides fought and suffered bravely for what they believed to be right.
You can feel proud of the great and noble figures who rose above it, like Clara Barton who helped relieve some of the suffering in the war and later founded the Red Cross.
You can feel proud of the great and noble figures who rose above it, like Clara Barton who helped relieve some of the suffering in the war and later founded the Red Cross.
I will write the story of Clara Barton's life, and more about the Red Cross soon. Here is a poem about her that was written in 1933.
Clara Barton
By Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet
Brave Clara Barton
Stood beside her door,
And watched young soldiers
March away to war.
She went to work
To help keep men alive,
And never got a moment's rest
Till eighteen sixty five.
She washed and she bandaged,
She shooed away the flies,
She hurried in nurses,
She begged for supplies.
She cared for the wounded
And comforted the dying,
With no time for sleep
And still less for crying.
Clara Barton went abroad
When the war was ended,
Hoping for a little peace
Now that things had mended.
Clara found, as soon
As her foot touched shore,
That she'd come just in time
For the Franco-Prussian war.
After that, her life, for her,
Held but little rest,
With famine in the East
And earthquakes in the West.
Floods, drowning Johnstown,
Hurricanes in Texas,
Fires, out in Michigan,
Things that fright and vex us.
In between the hurry calls,
Never at a loss,
She founded and established
The merciful Red Cross.
Stood beside her door,
And watched young soldiers
March away to war.
She went to work
To help keep men alive,
And never got a moment's rest
Till eighteen sixty five.
She washed and she bandaged,
She shooed away the flies,
She hurried in nurses,
She begged for supplies.
She cared for the wounded
And comforted the dying,
With no time for sleep
And still less for crying.
Clara Barton went abroad
When the war was ended,
Hoping for a little peace
Now that things had mended.
Clara found, as soon
As her foot touched shore,
That she'd come just in time
For the Franco-Prussian war.
After that, her life, for her,
Held but little rest,
With famine in the East
And earthquakes in the West.
Floods, drowning Johnstown,
Hurricanes in Texas,
Fires, out in Michigan,
Things that fright and vex us.
In between the hurry calls,
Never at a loss,
She founded and established
The merciful Red Cross.
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Ladymermaid
Apr 5, 2011 @ 7:26 pm | delete
- I look forward to learning more.
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howtocurecancer
Mar 23, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
- I never knew about Clara Barton. Thanks!
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SereneSea Mar 14, 2011 @ 9:51 pm | delete
- Dear Jack2205,
Coming back to feature this worthy lens on my Redcross lens that you blessed today -
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- As the founder of Red Cross, I truly admire Clara Barton. Not many people are as instrumental and steadfast in their endeavours and she did the important work for the foundation of Red cross what is there - today.
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MomwithAHook
Feb 16, 2011 @ 5:05 am | delete
- Looking forward to the full story -
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poddys
Feb 15, 2011 @ 12:55 am | delete
- Looking forward to the full lens. I have heard of her, but didn't know much about her. Lensrolled to my One Hundred years Ago lens.
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jp1978
Jan 31, 2011 @ 10:11 am | delete
- I love history. I'd never heard of Clara Barton before, thanks for sharing.
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