1863: the creation of the first National Society at the beginning of the Movement’s history

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"Would it not be possible, in time of peace and quiet, to form relief societies for the purpose of having care given to the wounded in wartime by zealous, devoted and thoroughly qualified volunteers?" Henry Dunant, A Memory of Solferino, English version, 1939, p. 115.

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