The United States Marine Corps birthday is celebrated every year on November 10.

Key date

  • The official Marine Corps birthday is November 10, 1775, marking the establishment of the Continental Marines by the Second Continental Congress.
  • Each year on November 10, Marines celebrate with traditions like the Marine Corps Birthday Ball and a ceremonial cake-cutting.

Extra context

  • Historically, another date, July 11, 1798, was once used as a “birthdate” tied to the creation of the United States Marine Corps under a later act of Congress.
  • In 1921, Marine Corps Order No. 47 made November 10 the officially celebrated birthday to emphasize the Corps’ Revolutionary War origins.

TL;DR: The Marines’ birthday is November 10 every year.