On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress created the Marine Corps. The Congress commissioned Samuel Nicholas to raise two Battalions of Marines and Nicholas then went to the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia and appointed Robert Mullan, the tavern owner, as the first U.S. Marine recruiter.  Before the end of the Revolution the Tun Tavern burned down but today, a commemorative marker stands on the street where Tun Tavern once stood, denoting the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

Source: https://www.29palms.marines.mil/Articles/Article/499540/tun-tavern-birthplace-of-the-marine-corps/