Bill Mason

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Have you ever seen the pistol used by the sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

These custom SIG Sauer M17S have some pretty incredible history behind them.

The grips are made from wood from the USS Olympiathe, the ship that brought the World War I Unknown Soldier home in 1921.

There are four pistols that are named Silence, Respect, Dignity, and Perseverance.

I thought that was worth sharing since there has been so much talk about the guards this week.

Next time you watch the Changing of the Guard, take a closer look. I think they are pretty sweet.

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The Death of General Wolfe (13 September 1759)

- Benjamin West (1770)

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[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

Happy birthday to His Majesty King Charles III.

The 13th Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and his Realms & Territories.

Having joined the Royal Navy in 1971 he is now the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to His Majesty The King, our Commander-in-Chief.

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Horatio Nelson.

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@SkylarSkyeHQ Glory, glory Man United!

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@heyitscaseymae 🫡

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[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

'One minute after the hour. All guns silent.'

At 11am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front. This document from IWM's collections visualises the silence, showing artillery activity for one minute before and one minute after the Armistice.

[Genevra Charsley @FlandersBTour]

11th Hour.
11th Day.
11th Month, 1918.
The day the guns fell silent.
Armistice.
We will remember them…

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Today in 2003, 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' premieres in Hollywood. Based on the beloved Patrick O'Brien novel series, the Napoleonic-era epic follows the crew of HMS Surprise as they hunt a powerful French warship across two hemispheres. Required watching!

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place; and in the sky
    The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
        In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
        In Flanders fields.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On this day in 1775, in a Philadelphia tavern, the Continental Congress created a new fighting force that would become one of the most storied institutions in American history: the Marines. Every United States Marine for the last two and a half centuries traces their lineage back to this exact date, which is why November 10 is still celebrated as the Marine Corps birthday.

The need was practical. The Revolution was a war fought as much on water as on land, and the Americans were scrambling to build a navy from almost nothing to challenge the greatest sea power on earth. But warships needed more than sailors. They needed fighting men trained to serve at sea, to defend the ships, to provide sharpshooters in the rigging, to board enemy vessels, and above all to carry the war ashore in raids and landings, soldiers of the sea. So on November 10, 1775, Congress passed a resolution to raise two battalions of Continental Marines.

By tradition, the recruiting began in a Philadelphia tavern called Tun Tavern, where a man named Samuel Nicholas, commissioned as the first Marine officer, set up to sign up the first recruits over mugs of ale. There is something fitting and very American about the Marine Corps being born in a tavern, a scrappy, improvised force raised by a people who, a few months earlier, had barely any military at all.

And these new Marines did not wait long to prove themselves. In March 1776, only a few months after their creation, they carried out the first amphibious operation in American history, an assault far from home on the British island of New Providence in the Bahamas. The Marines landed, seized the forts at Nassau, and carried off a badly needed haul of British cannon, powder, and military stores. In their very first operation, the Marines had done exactly what they were made to do: strike from the sea and take the fight to the enemy's own territory.

Through the rest of the Revolution, Marines served aboard the ships of the infant Continental Navy, fought in its desperate sea battles, provided the deadly musket fire that swept enemy decks, and took part in operations on land and water alike. They were a small force in a small navy, but they established a tradition and an identity that would long outlive the war.

After the Revolution, the Continental Marines were actually disbanded along with much of the military, but the idea, and the legacy, could not be killed. The Marine Corps was re-established in 1798 and has existed ever since, and it chose to date its birthday not from 1798 but from that original moment of creation on November 10, 1775. Marines today still celebrate this date every year with ceremony and pride, honoring an unbroken chain of service that runs all the way back to the Revolution.

Remember November 10, 1775. A struggling, half-formed country at war with an empire decided it needed fighting men who could carry the battle across the water, and in a Philadelphia tavern it created a force that would go on to become legendary. The Marines were born in the Revolution, and they have been answering the call ever since.

[SUVCW National HQ @SUVCW]

This Veterans Day, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War honors all who answered the call to serve our nation. We remember the sacrifice of the Boys in Blue and every generation of American veterans who have defended liberty and preserved our Union. 🇺🇸 #VeteransDay #SUVCW

[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

@PoppyLegion

#EveryPoppyCounts #PoppyAppeal

[Bill Mason @demondancer]

@SeverinFilms Release date?

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Statue of Lord Nelson overlooking the Menai Strait on the island of Anglesey in Wales.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

One year ago today, the Continental Marines were established as troops protecting the Navy.

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“Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805”

- Lemuel Francis Abbott (1799)