Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance addressed a 250th Birthday Ball in Washington, D.C., becoming the first Marine to serve as vice president to do so.
- Boston’s Menino Convention and Events Center hosted more than 2,000 current and former Marines, featuring a ceremonial cake-cutting and attendance by Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Barney Barnum.
- At the Boston celebration, the first slice of cake went to the oldest Marine present, identified as 105-year-old Staff Sergeant Louis Tanzer.
- Northern California marked the anniversary with public gatherings in Manteca, Sacramento State, El Dorado Hills, and Folsom, with scheduled times and community invitations that included cake at several events.
- The U.S. Mint unveiled a commemorative coin honoring the Corps as the nation observed the Nov. 10, 1775 founding linked to a John Adams–drafted resolution creating the Continental Marines.