The Birthday Every Marine Knows (Nov. 10, 1775)

The Daily Muster · Nov 10, 2026 · 10m

The legend says the first recruits signed up in a tavern.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:15 Ships Need Fighting Men

2:32 Two Words

4:02 The Powder Island

5:37 Far From Any Ship

7:00 The Missing Years

8:12 Order Number Forty-Seven

SOURCES

- Marine Corps History Division: Resolution Establishing the Continental Marines, 10 November 1775 (archived copy; usmcu.edu blocks automated fetches)…