Blood Is Life

Blood Is Life Cause Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Cause
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Blood Is Life back Cause Busy Beaver Button Museum
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Text on Button BLOOD IS LIFE PASS IT ON
Image Description

Red text on a white background. In the center there is a drop of red blood overlaid with the Red Cross symbol. 
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
Additional Information

The first successful blood transfusion was completed on dogs in 1665 England. Clara Barton, a former American Civil War nurse, founded the American Red Cross in 1881 after witnessing neutral aid being provided to war-wounded in Switzerland. Red Cross employees are to this day deployed with American military units. The Red Cross also developed the first blood drive program in the 1940s and continues to be the source of over 40% of blood in the United States.
Sources


Clara Barton. (n.d.). American Red Cross. Retrieved June 23, 2022, from https://www.redcross.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/clara-barton.html
Our History. (n.d.). American Red Cross. Retrieved June 23, 2022, from https://www.redcross.org/about-us/who-we-are/history.html
 
Catalog ID CA0864