Tuesday, November 10, 2015

US Marine Corps Birthday

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The US Marine Corps was founded by Captain Samuel Nicholas at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, ironically a Quaker, whose body is buried on the grounds of Arch Street Meeting, Philadlephia, in an unmarked grave, as was the Friends' custom at the time . A simple marker was laid recently on the meetinghouse grounds in his memory. Only a small handful of Marine officials, Marine veterans and Friends attended the simple memorial ceremmony of his life.