13 Colonies Event

13 stations will be on the air, one from each of the former British colonies in what became the United States of America, for the 12th annual running of this on-air event, the “13 Colonies Special Event.” This is 13Z July 1 to 04Z July 8, and with the special 1X1 callsigns. Here is the list of the stations to look for this year:

K2A, New York
K2B, Virginia
K2C, Rhode Island
K2D, Connecticut
K2E, Delaware
K2F, Maryland
K2G, Georgia
K2H, Massachusetts
K2I, New Jersey
K2J, North Carolina
K2K, New Hampshire
K2L, South Carolina,
K2M, Pennsylvania.

To this day, the State of Delaware has the motto, “The First State,” as the first ones to sign the Declaration of Independence document. A bonus station will be WM3PEN from Philadelphia, where American “founding fathers” met to discuss revolution, independence, and the form of the new American government. The State of Pennsylvania is named for William Penn, the founder of the colony with a charter from the King, thus the WM3PEN callsign. “WM” is a common abbreviation for the name William. An award is available: 13colonies.us/. July 4, “The Fourth of July,” aka “Independence Day,” is one of the biggest holidays in the USA.

Theme.

Each year the 13 Colonies Event selects a theme. This year's theme is "Battlefields of the American Revolution". From this, each state selects something from history that has relevance to the state that corresponds with the theme. This is meaningful for South Carolina as there were many revolutionary war battles on our soil. We selected the Battle of Cowpens, which occurred less than 100 miles west of Rock Hill. Here is a quick summary of the battle:

At the Cowpens, a frontier pastureland, on January 17, 1781, American Brigadier General Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars.

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YCARS (K4YTZ) Will have over 10 members representing South Carolina (K2L), this year.