Way back in 1775, on November 10, the Second Continental Congress charged Samuel Nichols with raising two battalions of Marines; he did so at Tun Tavern. While some historians have questioned the ...

Capt. Samuel Nicholas started the Marines at Tun Tavern on Nov. 10, 1775 when he signed up the first volunteers who began a legacy that would later include Iwo Jima, Chosin, Hue and Fallujah ...

The project aims to reconstruct Tun Tavern, a historic restaurant and lodge built on the Philadelphia waterfront in the late 17th century. It was the birthplace of the U.S. Marine Corps in 1775 ...