Clara Barton School, Bordentown, New Jersey  
Source: Clara Barton's School, Bordentown, New Jersey 1921
Courtesy,  Penny Colman collection.

In 1921, the school children of New Jersey raised the money to restore one of the first free public schools in New Jersey where Clara Barton once taught. A plaque on the house reads: “In this building, from 1852 until 1854, Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, taught school. In 1853, she established one of the first Free public schools in New Jersey. The building was restored by the school children of the state and dedicated on June 11, 1921.”

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