NEW TOWN, N.D. (KMOT) - The MHA Nation celebrated the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday.

As part of their tradition, the youngest and oldest Marines who attended Monday’s event took part in a cake-cutting ceremony.

This year, it was 22-year-old Virgil Hall and 84-year-old Lee Barta.

Roughly 125 people celebrated the Marines at the 4 Bears Casino in New Town.

The tribe said at least half of those were Marine Corps veterans from all around the state, and some even across the country.

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