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Antietam National Battlefield
Clara Barton Monument

Dedicated: September 9, 1962
Location: Mansfield Avenue near tour stop 2.
Map Number: 3
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Clara Barton Monument

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Clara Barton Monument

Monument Text:
Clara Barton
During The Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Clara Barton brought supplies and nursing aid to the wounded on this battlefield
This act of love and mercy led to the birth of the present American National Red Cross

This symbolic red cross has been made from a brickfrom the chimney of the home where Clara Barton was born at North Oxford, Massachusetts on Christmas Day, 1821

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Did You Know?

Did You Know?
Union General John Gibbon who served at Antietam and fought in the infamous Cornfield had three brothers who served in the Confederate army.
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