We all chose, however many years ago, to adopt that Marine Corps tradition as our own. A tradition that just three short weeks will reach its 250th year. Now, as many of you in this audience know, The Corps found its origins in the autumn of 1775. A venue may be familiar to you, a bar in Philadelphia called Tun Tavern, the very first bar in the United States of America that would come to regret serving United States Marines. (17:42–17:48)
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