Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian / Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of America

by Charles Sumner Young

THE FINALE

After the ceremonies at the cemetery, concluding with the hymn “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” the following conversation took place, at a christening:

The Mother: My little girl was born in Clara Barton’s birthplace; in the very room.

Reverend Barton: Bring her to me and I will christen her at once, “Clara Barton.”