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A new museum is opening today in Virginia, about 30 miles west of DC.

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OOH-RAH AND WELCOME!

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?Ooh-rah? is an all-purpose spirited expression used by Marines when greeting one another. And we welcome you to this web site and to the National Museum of the Marine Corps with that same enthusiasm. The Museum opened on 10 November 2006, in time to celebrate 231 years of United States Marine Corps history. We invite you to follow in the footsteps of Marines: from the yellow footprints that young recruits must fill at boot camp to the boot prints left in the sand of Pacific Island beaches during World War II, in the snow of the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, and on Hill 881 South in Vietnam.

In addition to the central Leatherneck Gallery, you will discover four permanent galleries and two temporary exhibitions on the first deck. On the mezzanine, check for traveling exhibitions after you get up front and personal with the Harrier, Jenny, and Corsairs.

I am especially proud of the photo exhibit in the Global War on Terrorism gallery. Make sure you check it out when you visit.

Museums are all about collecting objects and preserving them forever, and museums use those object to tell stories. But there is a story told at the National Museum of the Marine Corps that is even more important than the tales told by the tanks, aircraft, landing craft, weapons, and uniforms you find here. It is the all-pervasive message that it takes ?every Marine? to accomplish mission.

Please use this web site to help plan your trip to the Museum and to learn more about the artifacts and exhibits you may have seen during your recent visit. Come again many times, since we will be adding new features and more information about the collections in the months to come.

We look forward to your comments about the Museum and about this web site. Don?t hesitate to call or write. Museums are never ?done!?
 
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BB73;657554; said:
A new museum is opening today in Virginia, about 30 miles west of DC.
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I'm planning on heading down there the week after The Game.

Scuttlebutt has it that one of the two items I donated to the museum will be on display (a Browning Hi-Power 9mm that I acquired from the Commanding General of the Iraqi 5th Mech Div during Desert Storm).
 
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Everybody, listen to US Marine band play The Marines' Hymn (icon below) and sing along:

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From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.

Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in ev'ry clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job--
The United States Marines.

Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.

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Please choose from the following Patriotic Favorites.
and Happy Birthday!!!
 
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MARINE CORPS ORDERS
No. 47 (Series 1921)
HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS
Washington, November 1, 1921

759. The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the
10th of November of every year. Should the order not be received by the 10th of November, 1921, it
will be read upon receipt.

(1) On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental
Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". In memory of them it is
fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the
glories of its long and illustrious history.

(2) The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous
military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 years of its existence the
Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. From the Battle of Trenton to the
Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and is the long eras of tranquility at home,
generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every
corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security.

(3) In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our corps, Marines have acquitted themselves
with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come
to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue.

(4) This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received
from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we have also received from them the eternal spirit
which has animated our corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of
the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal
to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will
regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of
the Sea" since the founding of the Corps.


JOHN A. LEJEUNE,
Major General Commandant
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Happy Birthday, Marines! (A little early but wth)
 
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A little late but.....

click on: US Marine Corps Band 29 Palms

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