At the Arizona State University football game on Saturday, the attendees voted by cell phone on their favorite service anthem. The band played our choice during the fourth quarter. This was part of ...

The Marine Hymn is one of the most recognized songs and serves as the oldest service hymn in America. Its opening line honors the famous battles of the U.S. Marines, from Montezuma to Tripoli. After ...

Q: Can you tell me the history behind the “Marines’ Hymn” and the references to the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli? A: In 1883, the Marine Corps adopted “Semper Fidelis” (“Always ...

Q: With Tripoli in the news lately, we were wondering: What happened on "the shores of Tripoli," and why is it mentioned in the Marine Corps Hymn? And what are "the Halls of Montezuma"? A: The ...

From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli We fight our country’s battles On the land as on the sea; The famed hymn of the U.S. Marines last week underwent another of its few changes since ...

A Marine leaping over an artillery-damaged exterior wall of the Halls of Montezuma, bayonet in hand, is the latest statue added to the Lynn Stuart Pathway at Veterans Park & Athletic Complex in ...

November 10 marks the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, founded in 1775 as the "Continental Marines" by order of the Second Continental Congress. The Corps was formalized as its own branch in ...