Daddy Wags

By Maria Merlino

Shouts of “Happy Birthday, Marine!” and “Semper Fi!” filled the air last Saturday as thousands of Marines converged at Cookie’s Tavern on 10^th and Oregon Avenue to celebrate the 232^nd birthday of the United States Marine Corps. And since the nativity of the Corps began in a colonial Philadelphia bar at The Tun Tavern November 10^th, 1775, it is so very fitting to have this remarkable annual event take place in a South Philadelphia bar.

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