Semper Fi

[macwilkin]

"...And St. David!"

During the Boxer Uprising (1900), at Tientsin and Peking, the Marine Battalion in the international relief column was Brigaded with the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23d Foot), one of Britain's most renowned Regiments. The resulting fellowship between the two organizations is symbolized each year on St. David's Day (1 March, the Welsh national holiday), when the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Colonel of the Fusiliers exchange by dispatch the traditional watchword of Wales: "...And St. David."

-- http://marinecorpsbrotherhood.usmchq.com/custom2.html

The Greeting is also exchanged on the Marine Corps Birthday.

btw, the Marines's birthplace, Tun Tavern in Philadelpia, was also the home of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia, first founded in 1747.

Cheers,

Todd

[davedove]

Happy Birthday all you Leathernecks, from a former Army soldier and current Army employee!

[Riverkilt]

Tun Tavern was a St. Andrew's Society too...long before. What a great deal, thanks Todd. Is this a great board or what??

Come on...I can't be the oldest...thought there were some aging jarheads down in Dixie...??

Gotta haul my aging body off to work where there's a Marine older than me and a still gung-ho Marine youngster helping organize our local Veteran's Day parade. Funny the kid outranked us old birds.

Ron

[Shotdir]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah


Semper Fi

Ed

[MacMullen]

Happy Birthday and thanks for your faithful service!

[F16WarBird]

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs!

Joe (Current USAF TSgt)

[Jerry]

Happy anniversary to all members of "The Corps" from a former navy Swabie. I'll always remember the Marine Corp birthday because my ship, The USS Julius A Furer, DEG 6 was commisioned the same day. The first anniversary of our commisioning is a great memory (although understandably a bit fuzzy), involving combining a ships party with a group of US Marines celebrating the Corps anniversary at an EM club in Gitmo. WE ran out of mixers and they were out of alcohol, a perfect match. We drank toasts to the Marine Corps and the marines toasted our ship.