Tun Tavern, birthplace of the Marine Corps, to be rebuilt

Tun Tavern, birthplace of the Marine Corps, to be rebuilt

“Tun Tavern to Belleau Wood – Marine Corps – Making history so it’s understood!”

Posted On May 14, 2024

“Tun Tavern to Belleau Wood, Marine Corps, Making history so it’s understood!” The popular running cadence “1, 2, 3, 4, Marine Corps,” notes the origin of the United States Marine Corps at a tavern in colonial Philadelphia. 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 accuracy of “The Tun” being the site of Nichols’ recruiting, feel free to challenge a Marine on that. In fact, if you ask a Marine when their beloved Corps was founded, there’s a good chance that “November 10, 1775,” will be followed by “Tun Tavern, Philadelphia.” While the original tavern no longer exists, plans to recreate the birthplace of the Marine Corps are underway.

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The Tun gets a new life in Philly nearly 250 years later

Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marine Corps

Posted On May 1, 2024

The reconstructed Tun Tavern, shown here in an architect’s rendering, would serve as a functioning tavern and restaurant. (Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation Inc.) When the Marine Corps turns 250, Marines may get to raise a pint to the Corps in the place where it supposedly all began. The nonprofit Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation announced in a news release Monday it has acquired land to rebuild “an authentic … reproduction” of the tavern where, as legend has it, the few and the proud got their start.
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Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, Inc.

P.O. Box 52649
Philadelphia, PA 19115
www.thetun.org

The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, Inc