Editing Clara Barton (section)

==Clara Barton National Historic Site==
[[File:CBcolorizedhouse.jpg|thumb|Clara Barton's home and site of American Red Cross.]]
In 1975, the [[Clara Barton National Historic Site]], located at 5801 Oxford Road, [[Glen Echo, Maryland]], was established as a unit of the [[National Park Service]] at Barton's home, where she spent the last 15 years of her life. As the first [[National Historical Park|National Historic Site]] dedicated to the accomplishments of a woman, it preserves the early history of the American Red Cross, since the home also served as an early headquarters of the organization.

The National Park Service restored eleven rooms, including the Red Cross offices, the parlors, and Barton's bedroom. Visitors to the house were able to gain a sense of how Barton lived and worked. Guides led tourists through the three levels, emphasizing Barton's use of her unusual home. In October 2015 the site was closed for repairs<ref>{{cite web |title=Operating Hours & Seasons |website=Clara Barton National Historic Site |url=https://www.nps.gov/clba/planyourvisit/hours.htm |date=2016-08-21 |publisher=National Park Service |location=Glen Echo, MD |archive-date=2017-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617013554/https://www.nps.gov/clba/planyourvisit/hours.htm}}</ref> and remained closed, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], through 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Operating Hours & Seasons |url=https://www.nps.gov/clba/planyourvisit/hours.htm |date=2020-03-23 |website=Clara Barton National Historic Site |archive-date=2021-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102112650/https://www.nps.gov/clba/planyourvisit/hours.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Tousignant |first=Marylou |title=Clara Barton, nurse and activist, spent a lifetime serving others |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2021/12/22/clara-barton-200th-birthday/ |date=2021-12-22 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The house reopened to the public in 2022, although the second and third floors of the house remain closed, due to "structural concerns".<ref>{{cite web |title=Operating Hours & Seasons |url=https://www.nps.gov/clba/planyourvisit/hours.htm |date=2022-09-09 |website=Clara Barton National Historic Site}}</ref>