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Article: RED CROSS CELEBRATES 125 YEARS OF SERVICE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 10, 1988
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GENEVA - A plaque was hung yesterday at the place where
five villagers met 125 years ago to pledge aid to wounded
soldiers, giving birth to the International Red Cross.
On Feb. 9, 1863, five men from Geneva formed the International
Committee for Relief to the Wounded, the forerunner of the
International Committee of the Red Cross.
The unveiling of the plaque was one of several events
scheduled through August to mark the founding of the group.
The Red Cross philosophy of humanitarian ...