American Red Cross Research Paper
Imagine it’s the end of World War I. How does this particular war affect the people who have been contributing to its effort? Better yet, imagine how it would affect the whole of southwest Virginia. The end of World War I was the beginning of a new age, with families picking up the pieces of where they once were before the war started. The main part of the war effort to maintain the home-front was how the small colleges in the area supported the American Red Cross in helping our country’s Veterans. I have chosen to write about how the Martha Washington College, the Stonewall Jackson College, and the Emory and Henry College all contributed to the American Red Cross and the war effort.
If I were living in ninteen eighteen, World War I would just now be ending. I would not have been able to fight due to my young age, but would have held down the home-front along with aiding the American Red Cross. The Colleges in my area would have been contributing as well. The Martha Washington College has been aiding the American Red Cross by contributing both money and labor. The college donated one hundred dollars for supplies, and innumerous articles of knitted clothing. All of the faculty and students made substantial investments in liberty bonds and war savings stamps. Along …show more content…
In promoting the work of the American Red Cross, Emory and Henry raised around three hundred dollars. They were also very proficient in the saving of Liberty Bonds and war savings stamps. More than one hundred of the college’s nineteen seventeen graduates went into service for the armed forces, and approximately ten of them were commissioned as officers. Now that the war is over, one hundred eighty three students have gone into the student army training corps, and one hundred four of them have gone into the reserve officers training
If I were living in ninteen eighteen, World War I would just now be ending. I would not have been able to fight due to my young age, but would have held down the home-front along with aiding the American Red Cross. The Colleges in my area would have been contributing as well. The Martha Washington College has been aiding the American Red Cross by contributing both money and labor. The college donated one hundred dollars for supplies, and innumerous articles of knitted clothing. All of the faculty and students made substantial investments in liberty bonds and war savings stamps. Along …show more content…
In promoting the work of the American Red Cross, Emory and Henry raised around three hundred dollars. They were also very proficient in the saving of Liberty Bonds and war savings stamps. More than one hundred of the college’s nineteen seventeen graduates went into service for the armed forces, and approximately ten of them were commissioned as officers. Now that the war is over, one hundred eighty three students have gone into the student army training corps, and one hundred four of them have gone into the reserve officers training