🇺🇸⚓️ - 251 years ago today, the Second Continental Congress commissioned Samuel Nicholas to raise two battalions of Marines in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in order to support the American rebellion against the British Empire. Robert Mullan, the manager of Tun Tavern, was named "chief Marine recruiter." As a result of this, November 10th is celebrated as the birthday of the United States Marines. For 251 years, the United States Marine Corps have been all around the world, and have made history in locations such as the Barbary coast of Africa, to Chapultepec in Mexico, to Belleau Wood near the Marne, to Iwo Jima in the Pacific, and to Fallujah in Iraq, the Marine Corps have demonstrated and exercised American supremacy at all reaches of the globe, and continue to do so today. The Marines have earned themselves an assortment of nicknames, including Jarheads (named after their regulation 'high-and-tight' haircut,) Devil Dogs (a named purportedly given to the Marines by the Germans at the Battle of Belleau Wood in World War One,) and Leathernecks, the latter of which owing to the stiff leather collars Marines once wore during mountainous engagements. Marines have also been a cultural sensation in the United States and the larger western world for many years, featured in many popular movies such as Full Metal Jacket, Jarhead, Sands of Iwo Jima, the Pacific, and Battle: Los Angeles, further cementing their enduring legacy as America's premiere fighting force and the fiercest of which the world has ever known. To our active duty Marines and our Marine Corps veterans, congratulations to you and God bless you. Get some! Semper Fidelis