Bob Helps Celebrate 251st Marine Corps Birthday

And Crab House, Bob, how's it going out there? Hey, gang, good morning, everybody. It's the 251st anniversary of the US Marine Corps. And for the last 40 years, the Marines have been gathering here in Port Richmond today. We're going to have everybody. Got a great ceremony coming out, Bonks Bar and Crab House right on the corner, benefiting the US Marine Corps. And we're going to have a big ceremony at 1 o'clock. We're expecting thousands here today. Richmond and Atayoga, the few, the proud, The Marines, and come on, let's give the chant. You ready? On three. One, two, three. Hoorah! Happy birthday to the United States Marine Corps. I'm getting ready for the Bonks Bar Block Party. Stay with us. You know, it all started right here, of course, when it comes to so many branches of our military. We are celebrating that today. Bob Kelly is at Bonks Bar and Crab House. Yeah, 251 years ago, the U.S. Marine Corps was started in a bar. So that's exactly where we're going to celebrate the anniversary today, at a bar, Bonk's Bar, here in Port Richmond. Come on, we'll wave the guys through. We've got vendors, we've got Marines. We're going to tell the story, connect with everybody, the few, the proud, the Marines. Coming up next on Fox 29. You hear the music at 9.31, and we want to say happy birthday to the United States Marine Corps, established November 10, 1775, of course, right here in the area. So they're having a big party. Thousands of people are expected today, right where Bob is now. Yeah, good morning everybody. We're setting things up here in Port Richmond at Bonk's Bar, where since 1957 they've been serving some of the best crabs, and today over 2,000 people expected to salute the few, the proud, the Marines. Right, First Sergeant Bob Hamilton? Yes, yes. It's the annual tradition of Marines getting together on their birthday Good day. here in Philadelphia where we were founded, at Tun Tavern. So it's kind of fitting that we're at a bar celebrating the Marine Corps birthday as we've been doing for 40 plus years. So what can we expect here today? First of all, Marines from all over the country will be here. Folks that are watching right now, even though this has happened, come on down. Anybody can come down, Marine or not. If you have family that were in the Corps with Veterans Day tomorrow, any veteran is welcome to come. It's open to the public. Love it. I'm going to come over here to a retired Marine. Kevin, how are you, pal? I'm good. How are you, bud? So tell me what you're offering here for our Marines. So I'm part of the Motorcycle Relief Project. We're a nonprofit that does therapeutic motorcycle rides for five days, all expenses paid, take you out to either Colorado or Arizona, ride for five days. At night, we do a little integration. And we talk about some of the wounds that veterans feel throughout their career. Also, we also deal with first responders. So if you're a vet or a first responder, you're looking for a little relief, come out, see us. See us at motorrelief.org. Well, thank you for your service. You're going to be doing a great job over here. Patrick, the owner of Bonks, we're going to have a big day ahead of us here. Yeah, we are. We're really lucky to host a second year in a row, the Marine Corps birthday here at Bonks. Open all day long. All day long, yep. And our event room is open in the back, and we have the street festival as well. I love it. Now, I'm going to come back here to First Sergeant. So at 1 o'clock, tell me about the ceremony that's going to take place. 1 o'clock, we'll be doing a cake cutting. It's a little tradition that we do every year at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, where the first piece of cake goes to a guest of honor. The second piece goes to the oldest Marine that's here. Takes a bite of it, passes it to the youngest Marine. That's the tradition of showing, going from, you know, passing the traditions and customs and courtesies from one generation to the next to, you know, keep the Marine Corps moving forward and showing our esprit de corps. And that ceremony will take place at 1 o'clock. All the Marines, come on over here. Come on over here, guys. Come on, real quick. So at 1 o'clock is the ceremony, but we're going to be here all day. Into the evening, we have the street shut off, Tioga Street, just off of Richmond. Park your car. We'll have vendors set up the tables, the beverages, the food all day long as we say thank you to the men and women, the few, the proud, the Marines. Come on, let's get a look. What's that Marine chant? Come on over here. Come on, let's go. All the guys, come on. Let's go. Not a beepin' horn, the truck drivers are beepin' horn. You're ready. Happy anniversary to the Marines on three. One, two, three. Hoorah! Back to you guys. It's going to be quite a celebration today.