Clara Barton - May 21

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Today is  Armed Forces Day, NASCAR Day, American Red Cross Founder's Day, World Fiddle Day, International Tea Day, National Learn to Swim Day, and National Strawberries and Cream Day.

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Clara Barton
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ON THIS DATE

• 1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• 1927 - Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, becoming the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. 
• 1932 -  Amelia Earhart lands in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1471 - German painter Albrecht Dürer
• 1688 - English poet Alexander Pope
• 1780 - English prison reformer Elizabeth Fry
• 1799 - English paleontologist Mary Anning
• 1904 - Singer-songwriter and pianist Fats Waller
• 1916 - Author Harold Robbins
• 1951 - Actor and politician Al Franken
• 1952 - Actor and fool pitier Mr. T
• 1972 - Rapper The Notorious B.I.G.

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' - Stormy Weather - LISTEN

THEME:  Clara Barton

• Grades K-3 - BrainPOP - Clara Barton Lesson Plan and Activity - DO
• Grades 4-12 - Clara Barton Birthplace Museum - READ and VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - National Women's History Museum - Clara Barton - READ
• Grades 5-12 - National Park Service - Clara Barton's House - Lesson Plan - READ and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - The Dig: Civil War Clara Barton (4:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - The History Detectives - Clara Barton Lesson (17:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 8-12 - Library of Congress - Clara Barton Papers - READ

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339