2006-11-20 13:39:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Samuel Nicholas at Tun tavern in Philadelphia November 10, 1775
2006-11-20 13:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Marine Corps was created on November 10, 1775, in Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by a resolution of the Continental Congress. In 1834 the marines became part of the Department of the Navy.
2006-11-20 21:47:00 · answer #2 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Birth place Tun Tavern Philadelphia, PA, Nov 11,1775. On
November 28, the Congress commissioned thirty-two
year old Capt. Samuel Nicholas, a Philadelphia
Quaker, and innkeeper and a blacksmith's son, as
the first Marine officer. The recruiting redezvous
was Tun Tavern, but it is more likely that it was
the Conestoga Wagon, a tavern owned by the
Nicholas family on Market Street between Fourth
and Fifth Streets.
2006-11-20 21:50:31 · answer #3 · answered by ilovemysfc 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry to disapoint all of you but the US Marines are based on the Brittish Royal Marines. However even they didn't start the idea the Romans used to place Legionaries on Galleys.
2006-11-21 02:56:32 · answer #4 · answered by Sid B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
drunks believe it or not haha. If you look at a Marine Graduation ring there is a Tavern on it...pretty cool.
2006-11-21 08:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by laurel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Marines are an off shoot of the Navy, hence the anchor through the world symbol, they are our toughest branch , and quite frankly look HOT HOT HOT in their uniforms, sorry but I LOVE a man in uniform. ;}
2006-11-20 21:50:21 · answer #6 · answered by CandyCain 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
John Wayne. It was born in his second film, The Fighting Marines. He was the youngest colonel in the Army Air Force and he suggested one day to the president that they carve out a separate unit of the "toughest" men in war to be called "The Marines." The president (Coolidge) liked it and gave the order. Ergo, the Marines.
2006-11-20 21:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Two drunk sailors
2006-11-20 21:47:36 · answer #8 · answered by zillenium_00 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋