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Sign at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, dedicated Sept. 19, 1858. Shortly after the dedication, Northern Virginia was ravaged by the Civil War, resulting in the church being requisitioned as a shelter for the wounded. Here under the direction of Clara Barton, the idea of the Red Cross was developed.

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