November 1775

 November 10, 1775 is the date of  the birth of the Marine Corps of America.   The following is taken from the DAR National Defender Magazine Nov-Dec 2025:  

Less than a month after the Navy was created, the

Second Continental Congress saw the need for Marines.

On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental

Congress at Independence Hall passed a resolution,

drafted in the historic tavern called The Tun near the

Delaware River, to raise two battalions of Marines.

John Adams nominated Captain Samuel Nicholas as the

first Marine officer. Captain Nicholas enlisted Tun

Tavern’s owner, Robert Mullan. Together, they held the

Marine Corps’ first recruiting drive at Tun Tavern.

From Philadelphia, Nicholas and the Marines soon

launched their first amphibious operation. They sailed

from the Delaware to the British Bahamas to seize

desperately needed gunpowder in the Navy and

Marines’ first overseas campaign. After General

Washington crossed the Delaware, he led the Marines in

their first land engagement at nearby Princeton.

Like the Continental Navy, the Continental Marines were

disbanded after the Revolution but reborn in 1798 in

Philadelphia, then the Nation’s Capital. In Congress

Hall, Congress passed an Act creating the “corps of

marines.” President John Adams signed the Act and

appointed the first official Commandant, who created

the famed Marine Band in Philadelphia. Launched from

the banks of the Delaware, the U.S. Marine Corps has

served the Nation ever since.

Source: Homecoming 250 Website

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025