WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps is celebrating its 250th birthday on Monday, Nov. 10, marking the anniversary of the founding of a military branch older than the United States itself. On Nov. 10, ...
With the Marine Corps celebrating its 250th birthday Nov. 10 and Veterans Day on Nov. 11, we look at the birth of the corps. Continental Marines land at New Providence during the Battle of Nassau. On ...
Every Nov. 10, Marines worldwide gather to cut birthday cakes with Mameluke swords, listen to the reading of a nearly century-old order, and watch the oldest Marine hand a piece of cake to the ...