Josephine Snodgrass
Professor Shealy
American History 202
8 May 2005
A Critical History of the American Red Cross
However, when he faced the inability to bring the idea to fruition because of lack of financial support, Taft enlisted the aid of the Red Cross.  The building, ultimately intended as a museum, was to house the war relics of the Loyal Legion.  The perpetual upkeep of the building would be derived from an endowment fund, a fund-raising method, for which the Red Cross would become famous (Gaeddert 3: 112, 114).
	Boardman apparently had no doubt as to the feasibility of the plan for she wrote to Scrymser 15 December 1911:
		I think it is prudent that we set aside the time to discuss the matter of a Red
		Cross building the moment I return to the States.  I know several members of
		headquarters in Washington, D.C.  (Shealy 138; Burns 54).
	There should be no doubt as to the influence Boardman had over government legislation, unless she was an avid liar.  Firsthand examples such as the aforementioned letter, however, offer evidence of her persuasive tactics.
	By the winter of 1912, legislation was introduced with the sticking point being unsettled issues of the Civil War such as the value of Northern sacrifice versus Southern sacrifice for the sake of preservation of the United States.  Because of the opposition voiced by Southern congressmen, the Loyal Legion abandoned the project (Burton 253).
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