Happy B-Day my fellow Marines and Marine family members.
Leto here's some info, "The Marine Corps started as the "Continental Marines" during the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, and first recruited at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." I got this from this website
http://www.marinemoms.us/USMC/marinecorps.asp If you choose, Definition of United States Marine Corps, then number 2 in the left hand pain you can get a lot of info on the Creation of the Marine Corps.
Sue did you put that pict together yourself? I freaken LOVE it!

Thanks for starting this post, I just noticed it.