The U.S. Marine Corps just turned 247 years old. What better way to celebrate than with some cake? Major Gen. Francis Donovan, Ret. Lt. Col. Art Gorman and 19-year-old Lance Corporal Santiago Emanuel ...

LONGTIME BROCKTON BAKERY. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. TAKES THE CAKE FOR THE MARINE CORPS 250TH BIRTHDAY. LITERALLY. MONTPELIER’S BAKERY GOT THE ORDER TO DESIGN AND BAKE A CAKE FOR ONE OF THE ...

Every Nov. 10, Marines worldwide gather to cut birthday cakes with Mameluke swords, listen to the reading of a nearly century-old order, and watch the oldest Marine hand a piece of cake to the ...

How many Marines does it take to eat 500 pounds of cake? As it turns out, about 2,000. For the U.S. Marine Corps' 250th birthday, Brockton's own Montilio's Bakery was tasked with creating the event's ...

Each year on November 10, Marines gather in ballrooms, hangars, and field tents around the world to celebrate the founding of their Corps. The rituals like cake-cutting, the reading of General Lejeune ...

Nov 10, 2025 Nov 10, 2025 Updated Nov 11, 2025 THE U.S. MARINE CORPS marked its 250th “birthday” Monday, having been founded on Nov. 10, 1775, in Philadelphia. Naturally, such a milestone calls for a ...

Nov. 3—ALBANY — Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany will hold a birthday cake-cutting ceremony and uniform pageant here on Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. on Schmid Field to celebrate the Marine Corps' inception on ...

CELEBRATING ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY. IT WAS NOVEMBER 10TH, 1775. THE JOHN ADAMS DRAFTED A RESOLUTION THAT CREATED WHAT WAS THEN KNOWN AS THE CONTINENTAL MARINES. THAT DATE IS NOW OBSERVED AS THE BIRTH DATE ...

U.S. Marines participate the Marine Corps base Quantico cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 250th Marine Corps birthday at Lejeune Field on MCB Quantico, Virginia, Nov. 7, 2025. The annual ...