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 ...

“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 ...

used a Marine Corps sword to cut the first piece of cake. In this symbolic tradition, the cutting of cake honors the passing of knowledge and experience from older Marines to younger ones.

He decided the best way to celebrate the occasion was to cut the cake with a combat sword. "And you know, once a Marine, always a Marine," Churchill said. "The Marine Corps has been a part of my ...

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.