Clara Barton - May 21

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Today is  American Red Cross Founder's Day, Tea Day, Memo Day, Strawberries and Cream Day, and Waiters and Waitresses Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Clara Barton

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.

SONG OF THE DAY 

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

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Asian Americans - Voices in Politics

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
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(603) 868-4339