Clara Barton’s Birthplace
1630 – 1930
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.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 12) and Clara Barton Road, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
