I spent my Thanksgiving vacation in D.C. and took the opportunity to take in some culture via museums and historical sites. I've always loved visiting old homes since I was a little nerd kid and used to make my mom take me to Teddy Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, NY, or Betsy Ross's house in Philly several times a year. I've been to lots of historical homes in the D.C. area in the past, but wanted to visit one I'd never seen, so I went to Clara Barton's home. She was the founding president of the American Red Cross, and the land was given to her as a gift so she could a build a home there, which she also used as the headquarters for the Red Cross. As I was reading about her accomplishments on the various plaques on the property and looking in all the rooms all I could think was, "This lady was a such a lez."
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