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Carlos Hofmeister
January 10, 2005
Ms. Rivera/ Health Education Class

The American Red Cross

It is important to know how the Red Cross began. It was in June 1859 when Henry Dunant went to Solferino, north of Italy. He was a spectator of a small but bloody war. French and Italians had a battle against Austrians. There were more or less 40,000 victims. He was completely horrified with the scene. He interrupted his trip to help the hurt and organized volunteers to save lives.
When Henry Dunant went back to his home town Switzerland in 1862, he decided to talk and write about his horrible experience. He didn't want something similar to happen again. In February 1863, he made a commission with 5 people to help. In August 1964 it would become the International Red Cross.
Some years later, Clara Barton established a Red Cross society in America. She organized an association in Washington, D. C. on May 1881. The creation of this union
was made to help people in different......

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