SPECIAL EVENT

Setting up a station at Williams Wharf, 1039 Williams Wharf Rd, Mathews, VA 23109. Event commemorates Sally Louisa Tompkins (Nov 9, 1833 - Jul 25, 1916), a native of Mathews County, near the 102nd anniversary of her death. She is best remembered for privately sponsoring a hospital in Richmond, VA to treat soldiers wounded in the Civil Ware. Her hospital has the lowest death rate of any Union or Confederate hospital during the conflict. NOTE: Event was postponed twice -once to avoid international DX contest, and then due to inclement weather (storms). www.mparc.net

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Sep 8, 1330Z-1900Z, W4HZL, Mathews, VA. Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club. 3.850 7.190 14.2. QSL. Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1121, Gloucester Point, VA 23062. Setting up a station at Williams Wharf, 1039 Williams Wharf Rd, Mathews, VA 23109. Event commemorates Sally Louisa Tompkins (Nov 9, 1833 - Jul 25, 1916), a native of Mathews County, near the 102nd anniversary of her death. She is best remembered for privately sponsoring a hospital in Richmond, VA to treat soldiers wounded in the Civil Ware. Her hospital has the lowest death rate of any Union or Confederate hospital during the conflict. NOTE: Event was postponed twice -once to avoid international DX contest, and then due to inclement weather (storms). www.mparc.net