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SOLFERINO, Italy – Carrying lit torches through this picturesque Italian village, Americans joined thousands of other Red Cross staff and volunteers to honor their shared history – at the very site of ...
The international Red Cross movement marked the birthday of its founder Henry Dunant on Friday as well as the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino which inspired its creation. During the ...
When Swiss businessman Henri Dunant witnessed the bloody outcome of the Battle of Solferino in 1859, he was struck by the unaided suffering of the wounded. His observations, recounted in his 1862 A ...
Henri Dunant visited Italy to find Napoleon III in order to make a financial appeal. Shortly after Dunant’s arrival, he witnessed the 1859 Battle of Solferino, a particularly brutal moment in the ...
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