The Continental Congress passed a resolution on November 10th, 1775 to create two battalions of Marines.
According to the resolution, the Continental Marine Corps sought men who were “good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea”.
Hundreds of men originally answered the call and mustered under the first Commandant, Samuel Nicholas.
At Tun Tavern, (Historically, it is regarded as the “First Brew House” built in Philadelphia in 1685, and among the very first in the country.) the first enlisted men of the Marine Corps would meet and they’d go on to make American history.
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