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What does a 80 year old man and a 12 year old kid have in common? Both of them were saved by the Red Cross with blood donations. Not long ago, President Obama has proclaimed March as The Red Cross Month across the country. This project started when President Franklin D. Roosevelt started this tradition of donating blood back in 1943. Since then, all our our American Preside has remembered March as Red Cross Month. In other words, March is the month to acknowledge all the people across the country who has helped or donated to the Red Cross.
The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education in the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. A little background story of the Red Cross. Clara Barton and her small group of friends founded Red Cross on May 21, 1881 in Washington D.C. Barton to work with the sick and wounded during the American Civil War. She was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” thanks to her hard dedication. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln hired Barton to search for lost prisoners of war. Without hesitation she succeeded in identifying thousands of the Union dead at the Andersonville prisoner of war camp. This job inspired Clara to become a better person and encourage many people to help and save others.