Friday evening parade at the United States Marines Barracks, 8th and I Streets, Washington D.C. - June 2007

Thanks to our FAVORITE Marine (Busan) we get great seats for the Friday evening parade at the oldest active Marine post in the United States. We were entertained by members of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, "The Commandant's Own" The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, the Marine Corps Color Guard, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, Ceremonial Marchers, and Sgt. Chesty XII, the official mascot of Marine Barracks Washington. The selection of the location of Marine Barracks Washington was of national and strategic interest. President Thomas Jefferson accompanied by the second commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant Colonel William Ward Burrows, searched for a suitable location to station the Marines within proximity to the Washington Navy Yard and within "an easy marching distance of the Captiol." For more information please see: http://www.mbw.usmc.mil/