Palais-Royal in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

La Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge / League of the Societies of the Red Cross

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 23, 2023

1. La Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge / League of the Societies of the Red Cross Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

A l'Hotel Regina dimanche 5 mai 1919
Les Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge des Etats-Unis, de France, de Grande-Bretagne
d'Italie et du Japon ont fondé la Ligue des Societes de la Croix-Rouge devenue La Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge

(English translation:)

On Sunday, May 5, 1919, at the Hotel Regina, the Red Cross Societies of the United States, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan founded the League of Red Cross Societies, which later became the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is May 5, 1919.

Location. 48° 51.828′ N, 2° 19.95′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Palais-Royal. Marker is at the intersection of Place des Pyramides and Rue de Rivoli, on the right when traveling north on Place des Pyramides. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Place des Pyramides, Paris, Île-de-France 75001, France. Touch for directions.

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walking distance of this marker. Antoine de Pluvinel (within shouting distance of this marker); Ludovic Jacquinot (within shouting distance of this marker); Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Eglise Saint-Roch / Saint Roch Church (about 120 meters away); École élémentaire d’Argenteuil Jewish Students Memorial (about 150 meters away); Léon Tolstoï / Leo Tolstoy (about 180 meters away); Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga (about 180 meters away); Le Mariage de La Fayette / Lafayette’s Wedding (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Our history and archives (IFRC).

Excerpt: The IFRC was founded in 1919 in Paris in the aftermath of World War I. Originally called the League of Red Cross Societies, we were the brainchild of Henry Davison, the president of the American Red Cross War Committee.

Davison convened the League’s founding members—the Red Cross Societies of France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States—at an international medical conference. Together, they believed the compassion and expertise shown by Red Cross volunteers during wartime could be shown in peacetime too.

The League’s first objective was simple: improve the health of people in countries that had suffered greatly during the war. It also sought to improve existing Red Cross Societies
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 33/2033

2. League of the Societies of the Red Cross Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here, mounted to the exterior of the Hotel Regina, in the arcade (2nd arch from the right).
and promote the creation of new ones around the world.

Within months of its creation, the League had launched a campaign to counter a massive typhus epidemic in Eastern Europe. Shortly after, it launched appeals in the wake of the Russian famine of 1921 and the Great Kanto earthquake in Japan in 1923.

In 1983, it became the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and finally—in 1991—the IFRC as we are today.

(Submitted on December 3, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 37 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 3, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.