“Today’s cake-cutting at the National Museum of the Marine Corps was a fitting tribute replete with music, a sword and Marines in dress blues,” said Col. (Ret.) Keil Gentry, director of the ...

The cake is sliced with the Mameluke sword, which represents the ... Marine Corps — passing it on to our newest Marine," he said. The cake-cutting tradition has been in practice since 1925 ...

Cheerful balls and cake-cuttings were held literally across the country, from Hawaii to Virginia. Celebrations were not limited to the U.S. mainland. At Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Dededo ...

Robert Ferguson, senior Marine instructor explained the ceremony behind the cake cutting tradition ... It’s cut with a sword because we’re a band of warriors,” said Ferguson.

A few of the local museum volunteers and Marines spoke before ceremoniously cutting a cake with a traditional Marine Officer’s sword. Some of the members discussed the importance of the museum ...

In the history of military recruiting ads, none is more iconic than the Marine Corps’ “Rite of Passage” commercial from 1998. In it, a nameless hero swings a sword with an Eagle, Globe ...

and cutting of the cake (with a Marine sword, of course). Ollie again provided delicious complimentary hors d’oeuvres and to our surprise, Chris, an unrelated patron picked up the bar tab. Thank you ...