Block, SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
2,206
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 26:
Line 26: − [[File:Gadsden flag.png|right|125px]] Line 39:
Line 38: +
flag re-position
Samuel Nicholas became Commandant of the newly formed Marines, and Tun Tavern’s owner and popular [[patriot]], Robert Mullan, became his first captain and recruiter. They began recruiting to gather support and were ready for action by early 1776. Since then, the Marine Corps has been winning battles and defending the [[United States of America]].
Samuel Nicholas became Commandant of the newly formed Marines, and Tun Tavern’s owner and popular [[patriot]], Robert Mullan, became his first captain and recruiter. They began recruiting to gather support and were ready for action by early 1776. Since then, the Marine Corps has been winning battles and defending the [[United States of America]].
==== The Gadsden Flag ====
==== The Gadsden Flag ====
What's particularly interesting for American history is that some of the Marines that enlisted the very first month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me."<ref name=marinehistoryII/>
What's particularly interesting for American history is that some of the Marines that enlisted the very first month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me."<ref name=marinehistoryII/>
[[File:Gadsden flag.png|right|125px]]
=== Famous Battles ===
=== Famous Battles ===
==== The First Amphibious Raid ====
==== The First Amphibious Raid ====