HAPPY 235th USMC

Happy Birthday USMC!! In celebration of the United States Marine Corps Birthday (17751110) I am making ice cream cake for those who attend pt today!!!! (can't guarantee it taste good though haha)  Yes, you get a piece of cake if, and only if, you partake in the pt.  You can’t just show up and expect a free piece of cake… you must work for it and earn it! The Second Continental Congress decreed: “That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other regiments; that they consist of an equal number of privates as with other battalions, that particular care be taken that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve for and during the present war with Great Britain and the Colonies; unless dismissed by Congress; that they be distinguished by the names of the First and Second Battalions of Marines.” The birth place of the Marine Corps is Tun Tavern, Philadelphia.  This was where the first Marines enlisted under Commandant Samuel Nicholas.  The Continental Marines was disestablished when the Revolutionary War ended in 1783.  However, President John Adams signed the "act for establishing and organizing a Marine Corps" on 17980711, re-establishing the Marines. The Marine Corps “re-creation” used to be celebrated on July 11.  However, on 19211021, Major Edwin McClellan (in charge the Corps' only historical section) sent a memorandum to Commandant John A. Lejeune.  The memorandum suggested the Marines’ original birthday of November 10 be declared a Marine Corps holiday to be celebrated throughout the Corps.  This led to Commandant Lejeune ordering Marine Corps Order 47, establishing the official birthday of the Marine Corps. Works Cited Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_birthday_ball