Birthday of the Marine Corps.
November 10, 1775(congress raises 2 battalions of Marines.)

Birth Place of the Marine Corps.
Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, PA.

First Marine Corps Officer/Commandant.
Captain Samuel L. Nicholas.

Marines before the Revolution.
4 battalions of Marines led by British officers.
3,000 volunteers.
1763 French and Indian War.
Boston Tea Party.

Marines mission aboard ships.
Gunners, Sharpshooter, Train landing/boarding parties, Protect officers.

First amphibious landing.
March 3, 1776 New Providence Bahamas in the town of Nassau.
Marines left from the U.S.S. Alfort/220 Marines/50 Sailors.

Marine Corps uniform/ term Leatherneck.
Uniform was announced after Treaty of Paris was signed.
Term Leatherneck was given to the Marines for the leather strap worn around their necks to stay protected from sword slashes to the neck.

Serving with General George Washington.
April 1776, 2Lt. John Fitzpatrick, the first Marine to be killed in combat.
Major Samuel Nicholas/300 Marines fought at the battle of Trenton.

July 4, 1776.
Independence Day.

Treaty of Paris April 11, 1783.
Ended the Revolutionary War.

Marine Corps after the Revolutionary War.
Only 4 warships remained that were still servicable.
1785-1798 the Marine Corps was disbanded.

Re-establishing of the Marine Corps.
France seizes American ships.
This starts an unofficial war.
July 11, 1798 John Adams declares the Marine Corps back service.

Lt.Col. William Ward Burrows.
July 12, 1798 John Adams appoints Lt.Col. William Ward Burrows as the first official Commandant of the Marine Corps, but second Commandant overall.

HQMC moved to Washington D.C.
July 1801, the HQ of the Marine Corps was moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C.
Also the "Presidents Own" band was created.

War with France 178-1801.
Marines were the main fighting force.

President Thomas Jefferson - U.S. refuses to pay 2 million dollars to the Barbary Pirates.
Barbary Pirates blockade Tripoli.
Pirates declare war on U.S. for not paying.

Lt. Presley O'Bannon - Captures Fortress at Tripoli.
1805 Presley O'Bannon assaulted the fortess at Tripoli and the capitol city.
He secures the fortress and raises the Stars and Stripes in the old world.
400 Marines participated in the attack.

Marine Corps officers sword - Mameluke.
Given to Presley O'Bannon as a gift for defeating the blockade.

War of 1812 with Britain.
10 officers and 483 Marines defeated the British on both land and sea.
The British no longer had control over the Great Lakes.

Battle of Bladensburg and New Orleans.
The British assaulted through Maryland and burned Washington D.C. to the ground.
The Commandants house was not burned because the British respected the valor of the Marines.
Marines first fight under the command of Army officers.

1820 Col. Archibald Henderson, Commandant 1820 - 1859(38 years)
Served for more years than any Commandant in Marine Corps history.

Florida Indian Wars.
1835 Trail of Tears

Mexican War.
1846 the largest amphibious landing in history at Vera Cruz, Mexico City.
1847 the battle of Chapultepec.
The Stripe was given to the Marines that fought in that battle because this was the iest battle of the war.

Harpers Ferry.
October 16, 1859 John Brown invaded the armory at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Civil War.
April 12, 1861 Confederates attacked Fort Sumpter.
3,900 Marines participated in the attack.
Cpl. John Mackie, first to win the Medal of Honor.
During the course of the war 17 more soldiers would receive the Medal of Honor.

Semper Fi!

Awesome!

One story you didn't get to on there was how the term "Devil Dogs" came to be... ah, I love sharing that story with friends who think Marines are bullet sponges and nothing else.

Mexican War.
1846 the largest amphibious landing in history at Vera Cruz, Mexico City.
1847 the battle of Chapultepec.
The Stripe was given to the Marines that fought in that battle because this was the iest battle of the war.

Went to the fort at Chapultepec last week while in Mexico City!!

Semper Fi.