Sedalia Missouri Red Cross

ID: 397 ~ Source: Photograph courtesy of James Keck, 1947

Imhauser, Rebecca Carr. Past & Present: Sedalia. Charleston, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing: 2019. 51. ~ Creator: The University of Central Missouri Department of History, Glyne Gee ~ Date: 1947

This file appears in: Sedalia Missouri American Red Cross

Sedalia Missouri Red Cross — Photograph courtesy of James Keck, 1947

Imhauser, Rebecca Carr. Past & Present: Sedalia. Charleston, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing: 2019. 51.

The Porter Montgomery building at 112 West Fourth Street in Sedalia Missouri served as the location of the Red Cross headquarters from 1957 to 1978.

This file appears in: Sedalia Missouri American Red Cross

Sedalia Missouri American Red Cross

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, Glyne Gee

After the Battle of Solferino in 1859, Henry Dunant from Switzerland organized the European Red Cross Movement to train national relief societies that could provide neutral care during war. In 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross…