Comments on: Happy 234th Birthday, Marines! http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/11/09/happy-234th-birthday-marines/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:07:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SJBill http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/11/09/happy-234th-birthday-marines/comment-page-1/#comment-81774 SJBill Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:22:53 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=9570#comment-81774 Bookie, Thank you for this! Wish you could join us for our celebration, tommorrow. Semper Fi! Bookie,

Thank you for this!
Wish you could join us for our celebration, tommorrow.

Semper Fi!

]]> By: Ariel http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/11/09/happy-234th-birthday-marines/comment-page-1/#comment-81768 Ariel Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:08 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=9570#comment-81768 OK, I'm being a nitpicker here. The only continuous seagoing military arm of the U.S. dates from 1790, the US Coast Guard (then known as the Revenue  Service).  The Navy and the Marines were disbanded in 1783, with all ships sold,  and not reconstituted until 1794. Neither existed for nearly 11 years. Semper Paratus.   Furthermore, the United States as we know it didn't exist until 1789 (the 9th state ratified the Constitution in 1788, but the government didn't start until March, 1789). These United States of America under the Articles was a mess. And, yes,  I consider the time from 1783 to 1789 as a stillbirth.   Semper Fi to all you Marines for 215 years of continuous service. :>)     OK, I’m being a nitpicker here. The only continuous seagoing military arm of the U.S. dates from 1790, the US Coast Guard (then known as the Revenue  Service).  The Navy and the Marines were disbanded in 1783, with all ships sold,  and not reconstituted until 1794. Neither existed for nearly 11 years. Semper Paratus.
 
Furthermore, the United States as we know it didn’t exist until 1789 (the 9th state ratified the Constitution in 1788, but the government didn’t start until March, 1789). These United States of America under the Articles was a mess. And, yes,  I consider the time from 1783 to 1789 as a stillbirth.
 
Semper Fi to all you Marines for 215 years of continuous service. :>)
 
 

]]> By: Oldflyer http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/11/09/happy-234th-birthday-marines/comment-page-1/#comment-81764 Oldflyer Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:12:51 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=9570#comment-81764 A good time to remind folks that if they are ever in the DC area a very worthwhile way to spend a day is at the Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps just outside the gates of Quantico Marine Base, Va. It is a beautiful site and the representation of Marine history is outstanding. A good time to remind folks that if they are ever in the DC area a very worthwhile way to spend a day is at the Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps just outside the gates of Quantico Marine Base, Va.
It is a beautiful site and the representation of Marine history is outstanding.

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