Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 6th day of August in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1847, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel E. Watson’s Marine battalion joins Scott’s army at Puebla, Mexico and commenced their march on “Halls of Montezuma”. In 1864, Captain Charles Heywood and 25 Marines from the Hartford and the Richmond occupy Fort Powell at the entrance to Mobile Bay, Alabama. In 1900, the 1st Regiment

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 5th day of August in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1861, The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute.           The Act, motivated by the need to fund the Civil War, imposed an income tax to be “levied, collected, and paid, upon the

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 4th day of August in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1801, the Marine Band plays at the first inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. In 1814, Marines assist Lieutenant Colonel George Croghan’s Army force in a landing against the British and Indians holding Fort Mackinac on Lake Huron.           The Americans are forced to withdraw after significant losses. In 1846, Marines and

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 30th and final day of April in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1866, the Marine detachment of St. Mary’s boards the mail steamer Golden City in the Caribbean at the request of her captain to quell a riot. In 1904, a Marine unit assumes duties at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, to conduct exhibition drills and guard displays.

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 29th and penultimate day of April in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1814, Marines participate in the sloop Peacock’s defeat of the British warship Epervier in the Atlantic. In 1862, Captain John L. Broome and 200 Marines land and occupy New Orleans pending the arrival of Army forces. In 1907, Marines from the Paducah (Gunboat No. 18) land at Laguna and