Season 2, Episode 17 - "Always Faithful"

The United States Marine’s have been in existence since just about the very beginning.   Join us now, by clicking on the picture below to learn more about the founding of the United States Marines and the role they played in the American Revolution.  “Semper Fi” or “Semper Fidelis” is Latin for “Always Faithful” and that is what the United States Marine Corp has always been!  Faithful to the cause of Freedom and Liberty, faithful to the mission, and each Marine has always been faithful to the Marine on their right and the Marine on their left! 

 

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A brief list of resources to do further research on the topics mentioned in this episode.
The Founding and History of the USMC:
www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Brief-Histories/
www.marines.com
Original resolution to establish the Continental Marines: 
www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Historical-Documents-Orders-and-Speeches/Resolution-Establishing-the-Continental-Marines/
Marines in the American Revolution
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1923/june/american-marines-revolution
A Pictorial History of the Marines in the Revolution
Officers of the Continental Marine Corps
For a brief history of John Martin and African Americans in the USMC https://www.dvidshub.net/news/373064/history-black-marine
About Tun Tavern and the effort to build a replica
 www.thetun.org/
“Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777”
https://www.savasbeatie.com/washingtons-marines-the-origins-of-the-corps-and-the-american-revolution-1775-1777/
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