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Clara Barton's Birthplace

Worcester County · dedicated 1930 · Route 12, Oxford · location approximate

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One mile westward Clara Barton, "The Angel of the Battlefield," was born in 1821. A volunteer nurse in the Civil War, she served the International Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian War, founded the American Red Cross and served as its President for 23 years.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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