''We Will Never Forget''

United States Marine Corps 249th Birthday

The United States Marine Corps started as the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775. On that date, the Second Continental Congress decided that they needed 2 battalions of Marines to serve as landing forces with the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

Honor, courage and commitment, the core values of the Marines, define how every Marine in the Corps thinks, acts and fights. Throughout the evolving battlefields of the 21st Century, every Marine in the Corps must be confident in the abilities of themselves—and each other. In the chaos of battle, character matters.

Leathernecks Nation M/C celebrated our 249th Marine Corps Birthday with a cake cutting ceremony at the site of our founding Tun Tavern, Philadelphia PA

249th Birthday of The United States Marine Corps November 10, 2024 Leathernecks Nation M/C at the site of Tun Tavern