On November 10, 1775 a committee of the American Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia and drafted a resolution that called for the creation of a new military unit called the Continental Marines. The owner of Tun Tavern, Robert Mullan, was named a Marine Captain, and the owner of another tavern, Samuel Nicholas, was designated Commandant of the Continental Marines. That resolution was later approved by the entire legislative body.
That's right! The Marine Corps was born in a bar and today is our 231st Birthday!! So Should you see Marines out and about in their dress blue uniforms, carousing and celebrating, consider that you've been duly warned (by me!) and then go buy them a round!! Today is not the day to tell them what you think about the war or politics, just say thank you because they went through that special hell in the earning and the wearing of that uniform.
SEMPER FI AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES!!!
LtGen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, then a colonel, cuts the Marine Corps birthday cake 10 Nov. 1950, during a brief reprieve in battle during the Korean War. (Official DoD Photo HMSN9806755)
