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What does the white background on the American Red Cross symbolize?
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∙ 9y ago
The red cross is the Swiss flag reversed, because Geneva, Switzerland, is where the Headquarters is located.
In addition the cross is a Christian symbol of aid and comfort, incorporated into the imagery of the charitable organization at a time when it was doing its work only in lands populated by Christians. That is why the international organization is now called the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, to incorporate a Muslim symbol; and why in Muslim countries the local organization is called the Red Crescent, not the Red Cross..
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agothis symbol means Jesus shed his blood on the cross for us.
WRONG! the logo is the swis flag inverted...just like the Turkish flag inverted....one of the rules of being in a red cross org. is that we do not discuss or associate with ANY RELGION!....
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∙ 13y agoI believe it has something to do with the fact that the Red Cross originated in Switzerland and the Swiss flag is a white cross on a red background. So they went with the same symbol but reversed the colors.
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∙ 16y agothe red cross represents many things such as unity, peace, hope, and the color of our blood
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∙ 15y agothe blood that the savoir shed for our sins..
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∙ 11y agoThe Red Cross emblem is the protection symbol originally declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention.
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∙ 13y agoIt is a red "plus" sign against a white background.
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