United States Marine Corps celebrates 240th birthday

By WTOP Staff
November 10, 2015 | 10:14 AM

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress on Nov. 10, 1775.

Tuesday the Corps. celebrates its 240th birthday.

Watch a video that celebrates that history:

WTOP photo tour: Historic nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir to be dismantled

By Neal Augenstein
August 28, 2020 | 4:55 AM

The red button was always there — just in case. Most people never knew the United States' first nuclear power reactor to provide sustained electricity to a commercial power grid was — and is — on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia.

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