Next Reunion Options - Volunteers to Plan It Needed

We need volunteers to plan our next reunion. Possible locations that we discussed (but no volunteers emerged to plan it) last week included.

Chicago - Great Lakes or Downtown or Suburban, with a one afternoon/evening join us at the bar get together with all the Marines we would like to see again who served with 2/24, MACG-48, or Joliet Arty, or any Marines that we would like to see that we track down.

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Navy Gateway Inn offers newly renovated rooms in the historic Del Monte Hotel. Lovely building, great location. https://nps.edu/70-years-in-monterey  

https://www.yelp.com/biz/navy-gateway-inns-and-suites-monterey-2

Boston. The Mariners House - http://marinershouse.org/. Very good prices for retired Marines. 

Affordable Luxury When You’re Anchored In Boston Mariners House is a mission reserved exclusively for the men and women who work at sea, including but not limited to merchant mariners, afloat military personnel, maritime institution affiliates, and other professional seafarers and their families. Adjacent to Paul Revere's Home - many, many Italian Restaurants.    Mariners House offers a variety of rooms, including full and queen rooms and suites. Group rates are also available - please contact the Inn for details. (617) 227-3979 • In the heart of Boston's famous North End • Private air-conditioned rooms with private baths • Custom furnishings, large work desks • In-room telephones, work desk, flat screen TV, complimentary WiFi • Comfortable library with a business centerwith internet access • Garden courtyard • Complimentary breakfast, with lunch and dinner available in our galley • Elevator to all floors • Smoke-free environment  • Conference room and packages available All guests must show documented proof of active service or retired status after a full 20-year service in order to make reservations. 4 or 5 day Cruise Some examples of cruises below: Madison, Wisconsin Indianapolis - So we could see Doug Barney. Quantico, VA - They do a nice simple two nights of receptions at the Museum. Or?  Whoever plans it, decides.  Volunteers needed

Tun Tavern

 

Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the US Marine Corps

 

Tun Tavern was a tavern and brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was a founding or early meeting place for a number of notable groups. It is traditionally regarded as the site where what became the United States Marine Corps held its first recruitment drive during the American Revolution.^[1] It is also regarded as one of the "birthplaces of Masonic teachings in America".^[2]

History

Founding

The tavern was erected in 1686 at the intersection of King (later called Water) Street and Tun Alley by settler Joshua Carpenter, brother of Samuel Carpenter, a Quaker merchant who made a fortune trading in Barbados. Joshua Carpenter built the Tun on the carriageway that led to Carpenter's Wharf.^[3] Tun Tavern was named for the Old English word "tun", meaning a barrel or keg of beer.^[4] In the 1740s, a restaurant appellation, "Peggy Mullan's Red Hot Beef Steak Club" was added to the name of the tavern.^[5]

Organizations founded in the tavern

Tun Tavern hosted the first meetings of a number of organizations. In 1720, the first meetings of the St. George's Society (a charitable organization founded to assist needy Englishmen arriving in the new colony—predecessor of today's Sons of the Society of St. George) were held there.^[6] In 1732, the tavern hosted the first meetings of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Temple. The Masonic Temple of Philadelphia recognizes Tun Tavern as the birthplace of Masonic teachings in America. In 1747, Tun Tavern became the founding place of the St. Andrew's Society, which like the St. George's Society, helped newly arrived Scots.

Tun Tavern was a significant meeting place for other groups and individuals. In 1756, Benjamin Franklin used the inn as a recruitment gathering point for the Pennsylvania militia as it prepared to fight Indian uprisings. The tavern later hosted a meeting of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress. In October 1775 a seven man Naval Committee including John Adams appointed by Congress crafted articles of war to build America's first naval fleet.

According to tradition, Tun Tavern was where the United States Marines held their first recruitment drive. On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress commissioned the innkeeper and former Quaker Samuel Nicholas to raise two battalions of Marines in Philadelphia. The tavern’s manager, Robert Mullan, was the "chief Marine Recruiter". Though legend places its first recruiting post at Tun Tavern, the historian Edwin Simmons surmises that it was more likely the Conestoga Waggon [sic], a tavern owned by the Nicholas family. The first Continental Marine company was composed of one hundred Rhode Islanders commanded by Captain Nicholas. Each year on November 10, U.S. Marines worldwide toast the memory of this colonial inn as the officially-acknowledged birthplace of their service branch. The earliest Marines were deployed aboard Continental Congress Navy vessels as sharpshooters because they were typically recruited as outstanding marksmen.^[2]

Present day

In 1781, near the end of the American Revolution, Tun Tavern burned down. Its former structure stood at a location now occupied by Interstate 95, where it passes Penn's Landing. Tun Alley once existed between Walnut and Chestnut Streets east of Front Street. A commemorative marker on the east side of Front Street indicates the site, across from Sansom Walk.^[7]

In homage to the likely 1775 Tun Tavern menu, the U.S. Marine Corps National Museum located in Quantico, Virginia, contains a Tun Tavern-themed restaurant, whose lunch menu features beer and other fermented (alcoholic) beverages, peanut soup and bread pudding, the non-alcoholic recipe of which remains a traditional staple among some U.S. Marine food services to this day.

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​Look what I found on FB, we talked about Tun Tavern at one of the 9pm Debriefings! 

Joe Brooks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern#Present_day

Det-4 Orlando Feb 6-9, 2023

The animals

 

Green Amphibious Monster Golfing With the Det

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Schedule

 Monday 6 February: 

Arrive and Check-in at SOG after 1500.

 

1700-1830 Meet & Greet at SOG Evergreen’s Sport Bar

https://www.shadesofgreen.org/dining-drinks This warm, family-friendly sports bar is right next to our active Mill Pond Pool area. With gastropub classics, cold beers on tap, and a spirited atmosphere, Evergreen’s is a favorite dining destination at Shades of Green. Hours: 1100 - 2300 Takeout Available.

1830-2000 Dinner at SOG MANGINO'S full-service restaurant aims to please with a combination of classic steaks and old-world Italian dishes.

2000-Muster at Evergreen’s Sports Bar for those inclined to extend their evening. 

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Tuesday 7 February: 

0700-1100 Breakfast GARDEN GALLERY* 

Enjoy your Breakfast Buffet in the morning that includes pancake, waffle & omelet stations, and 13 hot items daily! Return at night to build your own Pizza, Pasta Dish, or Fried Rice on our Garden Gallery Marketplace Takeout. Hours: Breakfast 0700 - 1100 Daily/Takeout 1700-2300 Daily.

DAY ON YOUR OWN

Golf at the Magnolia Golf Course adjacent to SOG. You can walk out of your SOG room to 1st tee. They are the longest course on Disney property and hold PGA events.

407-939-4653. Currently retired military $116 includes cart subject to change. You can request tee times online at: Golfwdw.com.

Or visit Theme Park(s), hang out by one of two SOG pools, visit/shop/dine at Disney Springs https://www.disneysprings.com/ or just relax.

SOG has complimentary golf cart transportation to end of property which is across the road from the Polynesian Village Resort or if you prefer it is within walking distance.

1700-1800 Happy Hour: Trader Sam's Grog Grotto in Disney's Polynesian Village Resort Tropical tiki bar that captures the romance of the South Seas.

TIME: TBD Luau at Polynesian Village Resort https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/polynesian-resort/dining/

2100-Muster at Evergreen’s Sports Bar for those inclined to extend their evening. 

Wednesday 8 February:

0700-1100 Breakfast SOG GARDEN GALLERY*

DAY ON YOUR OWN

Golf, Theme Park(s), hang out by the pool, visit/shop/dine at Disney Springs, relax.

Time TBD: Board the SOG bus to Disney’s Animal Kingdom unless you are already at the Animal Kingdom.

1830-2000 Boma - Flavors of Africa (Temporarily not open due to COVID restrictions)

Dining located in Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. The Lodge itself is a site to behold.

Resembling a lively African marketplace, this restaurant features all-you-care-to-enjoy buffets at breakfast and dinner. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/animal-kingdom-lodge/boma-flavors-of-africa

2000-??? You may want to take advantage of the night life on the African Savannah via complimentary night vision goggles and/or hang out at one of their lounges.

Take SOG bus back to SOG.

 

2100-Muster at Evergreen’s Sports Bar for those inclined to extend their evening.

 

Thursday 9 February:

0700-1100 Breakfast SOG GARDEN GALLERY*

1100 Check-out or continue your stay.

 

*SOG GARDEN GALLERY was a suggestion for breakfast every day to make it easy to get up whenever and start your day wherever you want. Of course, you may want to not have breakfast or choose another venue. There is always room service. 

Our after hour gatherings do not have to always be at the SOG Evergreen’s Sports Bar. So, the venue is always subject to change. We just wanted to make the last event of the day close to where we will be laying our head.

Do not delay. Make your reservations now.

 

Let us know what events you wish to participate in. We realize that if you are going to spend the day at one of the Disney Theme Parks you may not want to break for dinner but after all that walking you just may. Talk amongst yourselves to see if others have similar interests for activities. Linda and I think we will spend our free daytime relaxing and enjoying your company at the beautiful SOG Resort outside if weather permits. No snow in the forecast.

 

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Semper Fi,

Woz

 

941-779-5448

RonWozniak13@gmail.com