Sketch of Tun Tavern.

November 10, 1775

The United States Marine Corps formed in 1798 may celebrate today as their founding, but a committee in a tavern formed this group 23 years earlier.

The Continental Marines through a resolution by the Second Continental Congress were formed by Captain Samuel Nicholas. A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern. The tavern, later destroyed by fire in 1781, was once located between Walnut and Chestnut Street east of front street. A site now occupied by I-95.

 

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