18-03-2025
Celebrating Red Cross Month at the Capitol
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — March is Red Cross Month, honoring people who make the organization's life-saving mission possible.
March marks American Red Cross Month
Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz joined the American Red Cross of Connecticut and Rhode Island at the Capitol on Tuesday to honor their hard work and highlight the woman that started it all — Clara Barton.
Barton founded the Red Cross in 1881. She was a self-taught nurse who helped many through her life, including Civil War soldiers who she brought food, supplies and clothing.
'She also was given permission to volunteer services and supplies to the battlefield and to the field hospitals. She was quickly dubbed the angel of the battlefield,' Bysiewicz said.
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