Well, now the Army claims it is 237 years old, but that is a recent fabrication to disguise the fact that the Marine Corps is older than the US Army. <G>
The Continental Army was formed 237 years ago today. It was, however, disbanded in 1783, while the Marine Corps (created Nov 10, 1775), continued in operation aboard naval vessels. The US Army was in fact not established until June 3, 1784. So, have fun with your cup cakes; We Marines will use a Mameluke Sword (commemorating the Shores of Tripoli) to cut our 237th birthday (for real) cake on Nov 10. (GBG) Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:31 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > > >> June 14 is Flag Day in the US. Not one of our bigger holidays, but . . >> . >> Nothing says "New York City" like a neon flag! >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15813333&size=md >> >> Dan Matyola > > > It's also the 237th "birthday" of the United States Army. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
