1. F ROM T HERE TO H ERE

2.  1866 thru 1869 - Office of Correspondence with Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army

3.  1869 – Traveled to Europe Franco-Prussian War

4.  1873 – Returned to America Petitioned International Red Cross HQ in Geneva “win public support” “gain the President’s active support” “secure the adoption of the Geneva Treaty by the United States Senate”

5.  May 21, 1881 – First national meeting of the Association of the American Red Cross  August 22, 1881 – First local society of the American Red Cross established in Dansville, NY

6.  First response  5,000 people displaced by forest fire in Michigan

7.  March 16, 1882 – Senate ratified Treaty of the Geneva Convention  Clara Barton became first president of the American Red Cross…for the next 23 years