251 years ago today, the Second Continental Congress invited Samuel Nichols to raise two regiments of marines in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to support the American Rebellion against the British Empire. Robert Mullen, the manager of Tasha Taverna, was appointed "Chief Recruiter in the Marines. ".
As a result, November 10th is celebrated as the birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
For 251 years, the United States Marine Corps has been all over the world, and has made history in places such as the Barbary Coast of Africa, to Chapultepec in Mexico, to Blue Wood near the Marne, to Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean, and to Fallujah in Iraq, the Marine Corps has demonstrated and exercised American supremacy all over the world to this day.
The Marines earned themselves a variety of nicknames, including Jarhead (named after their "tall and tight" haircut), Devil Dogs (a name allegedly given to Marines by the Germans at the Battle of Blue Wood in World War I) and Leathernecks, the latter of which was due to the previously stiff skin attachment to a mountain collar.
The Marines have also been a cultural sensation in the United States and the Great Western world for many years, appearing in many popular films such as Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead, The Sands of Iwo Jima, The Pacific, and Battle: Los Angeles, further cementing their enduring legacy as America's premier and toughest fighting force the world has ever known.
To our active duty Marines and Marine Corps veterans, well done and God bless you. Get some!
Always faithful.