President’s Report Scottish Society of Tidewater June 3 rd, 2008

Joint SST/St. A’s Spring Picnic Sunday, June 8th - 2:30pm-6:00pm To be held at the home of the St. Andrew's Society President, Stacy Apelt in Norfolk. The meats (Don's BBQ !!), sodas, and waters will be provided by the St. Andrew's Society. Scottish Society members will provide the desserts. Participants should bring a side dishes, adult beverages, lawn chairs, and musical instruments.

Upcoming Events TFFM presents Aoife Clancy Daughter of Bobby Clancy Formerly with Cherish The Ladies Saturday, June 7th, in the Library 7:30pm-9:30pm $20, TFFM Members $16 Call for reservations

Upcoming Events 3rd Annual William Wallace Day Commemoration Saturday, August 23rd - Blackfinns in Waterside

Upcoming Events Scottish Fiddle Legend - John Turner Friday, September 5th, 2008 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia $15 per person - You can pay and reserve your ticket TONIGHT!!!!! Jam session after the concert Fiddle workshop on Saturday, September 6th

A Fond Farewell … Tonight we bid a fond farewell to two important SST families, who will soon be moving on to new opportunities Carol, Iain, and Megan Amarosi will soon be joining Dave in Italy (reportedly a five year hitch!) Stacey, Stephen, Rachael, and Rebekah Hood are off for sunny California, where Stephen has taken a new position at Pepperdine University The SST wishes you all well - keep in touch!

A Fitting Tribute Dr. Elsie Inglis Born in India in 1864 MD from Edinburgh in 1899 Founded Scottish Women’s Hospital for Foreign Service in 1915 Founded the Scottish Women’s Suffrage Federation

A Fitting Tribute Undeterred by the English War Office, who told her to “stay home and knit”, she sent two units to France, and within months had established the Abbaye to Royaumont Hospital Eventually, 14 units, or about 1000 women, were deployed all over Europe, and cared for hundreds of thousands of wounded soldiers She was taken prisoner in Serbia, and her release was eventually negotiated Immediately, she organized another SWH team to head to Russia, in 1916 Tragically, she died the day after her return to the UK, of illness (cancer) and exhaustion

Epilogue She received a full military funeral in Scotland, and her body lay in state at St. Giles Cathedral (where there currently is a plaque in her honour) Following the second world war, the SWH was disbanded, and the remaining funds were used to build the Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh This year, to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of WWI, a memorial in honour of Dr. Inglis will be unveiled at the abbey in France that was the site of her first hospital

References nburgh_and_east/ stm nburgh_and_east/ stm Elsie Inglis: The Woman with the Torch

Next SST Meeting Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008