Today's American Minute — Marines
"AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN" -Origins of U.S. Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard "We'll carry on 'til Kingdom Come, Ideals for which we've died" - American Minute with Bill Federer
"AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN" -Origins of U.S. Navy & Coast Guard "We'll carry on 'til Kingdom Come Ideals for which we've died" - American Minute with Bill Federer Marines
When the Revolutionary War started, General Washington's secretary, Colonel Joseph Reed, suggested in a letter, October 21, 1775:
"... flag with a white ground and a tree in the middle, the motto AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN."