Familiar Places: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP)

The Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is located in Portsmouth, Virginia.  It is known as the "First and Finest."  It was the United States' first Naval hospital, opened in 1830.  It is comprised of 3 hospitals sitting on 110 acres. (1)

People of interest:

• CHANDLER, living male

If anyone else pops up in my family tree for this location, I will add more.  For now though, I am keeping the history simple for my son's family history book.

(1) http://www.militaryblood.dod.mil/nmcp/history.aspx
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Medical_Center_Portsmouth