Happy Birthday, United States Marine Corps!

Two hundred fifty years ago today, the U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of the Second Continental Congress. This led Captain Samuel Nicholas to establish the first Marine Corps recruiting headquarters at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since then, Marines have served this nation continuously through several wars, and Isle of Wight County has been home to many distinguished Marines.

We take this day to celebrate the Corps’ core values of honor, courage and commitment. We will conclude our presentation with a traditional cutting of the cake by U.S. Marine Corps Captain Kent Lewis.