FRANKLIN — Marines from across the Granite State are invited to celebrate the 250th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps next month, at the new Easterseals Military and Veterans campus. The Marine Corps Ball on Nov. 10 will be a night of dinner, dancing, and a ceremonial cutting of cake.

According to Robert Patenaude, commandant of Lakes Region Detachment 506 of the Department of New Hampshire Marine Corps League, celebrations around the country will all be held on Nov. 10, the proper birthdate, this year. In past years, the annual event was held on the nearest Saturday to the date, and this year it will take place on a Monday night.

“This is a big anniversary,” Patenaude said. “We always celebrate it, but this year is special.”

The Marine Corps was founded on Nov. 10, 1775, in Philadelphi

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