With the raising of two battalions by the Continental Congress ... This style is reserved for Marines at the rank of corporal and above; the stripe increases in width for officers and general ...

Tun Tavern. Nicholas was given the rank of captain and appointed commandant of the new Continental Marines. Robert Mullan, son of Peggy (of Red Hot Beef Steak fame), was the official proprietor of ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Marine Corps celebrates its 240th birthday, marking the Nov. 10, 1775, decision by the Second Continental Congress to establish two battalions of Marines. Except those weren ...