Posted on 09/30/2006 4:45:30 PM PDT by Pharmboy
This year's 231st Marine Corps Birthday Ball will be held on Saturday Nov 11 from 1800 - 0300 at the Inter-Continental Hotel (across the street from the U.S. Embassy). The ball is THE event of the year for the Embassy; it's not only a great time, but also a very special event for the Marines.
(Ed. Note: The U.S. Marine Corps celebrates its birthday on November 10 because on November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted to raise two battalions of Continental Marines. The history buffs among us will be pleased to learn that the November date was chosen because of a careful historian. During the American Revolution, the Marines fought on land and sea, but when the Revolution ended, the Corps, and the American Navy itself, were virtually disbanded. On July 11, 1798, President John Adams signed a congressional bill recreating the Corps—and for 123 years thereafter July 11 was commemorated as the Corps’ birthday. In October 1921, the officer in charge of the Marines’ Historical Section, Maj. Edwin McClellan, sent a memo to the Marines’ commandant, Maj. Gen. John Lejeune, pointing out that the Corps had of course begun before the Revolution and suggesting that November 10 be declared its birthday and be celebrated thenceforth. As a Marine historian writes, “Accordingly, on 1 November 1921, Major General Lejeune issued Marine Corps Order No. 47, Series 1921. The order summarized the history, mission, and tradition of the Corps, and directed that it be read to every command on 10 November each subsequent year in honor of the birthday of the Marine Corps. This order has been duly carried out.”)
This year's 231st Marine Corps Birthday Ball will be held on Saturday Nov 11 from 1800 - 0300 at the Inter-Continental Hotel (across the street from the U.S. Embassy). The ball is THE event of the year for the Embassy; it's not only a great time, but also a very special event for the Marines.
-Cocktail Hour is from 1800 - 1900 and the ceremony will start approximately 1915 - 2000 followed by dinner and dancing until 0300.
-Tickets will go on sale 15 Sep 06 and will be sold daily at Post 1 in the American Embassy until 3 Nov 06.
-This year's ball ticket's price will be $75.00 USD or 43,000 CP per person.
-We can accept USD cash and CP cash.
-We can accept personal checks from a US bank that is written for USD.
-We cannot accept foreign checks whether written for USD or CP.
The following is included when you purchase a ticket:
(1) Free Parking
(2) Open Bar
(3) Hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour (1800-1900)
(4) Appetizer
(5) Main Course
(6) Dessert
(7) Discounted rooms
(8) One rose for the women
(9) One souvenir wine glass
*Information that is required when purchasing your tickets:
(1) Full name of guests (Rank for Military-Title for Dignitaries), their RUT#s (RSO has advised that all RUT#s must be identified by 3 Nov 06) and their answers to questions 2, 3, 4, and 5:
(2) Which table you want to be seated at.
(3) Which appetizer you want (one week prior to the event we must provide the hotel with the quantity of the below. If you do not provide the below info before that time, we will have to select a choice for you):
(a) Smoked salmon in cream cheese & fresh salad
(b) Roast beef w/Italian squash, artichoke, cherry tomatoes, lettuce & rucula in a mustard sauce
(c) Lasagna w/rucula, tomato & ricotta
(4) Which main course you want (one week prior to the event we must provide the hotel with the quantity of the below. If you do not provide the below info before that time, we will have to select a choice for you):
(a) Filled chicken w/vegetables, eggplant pie and Italian squash
(b) Strips of beef w/noquis bicolor and 4-cheese sauce
(c) Salmon w/risotto, crab, Italian squash & mustard sauce
(d) Noquis bicolor w/4 cheese sauce
(5) Which dessert you want (one week prior to the event we must provide the hotel with the quantity of the below. If you do not provide the below info before that time, we will have to select a choice for you):
(a) Tiramisu w/chocolate sauce
(b) Cream caramel w/chardonnay sauce & fresh fruits
(c) Strawberries w/orange sauce
If you would like to reserve a hotel room, you must contact Isabel Rodriguez at (56 2) 394 2210 or 09 231-5361 between 15 Sep - 15 Oct to take advantage of the discounted rooms (100.00USD per room). You must also have your credit card info to reserve the room. If you reserve your rooms after 15 Oct, you will have to pay full price. You can email her at (isabel.rodriguez@interconti.cl) if you have questions about the rooms.
Thank you for supporting the Marine Security Guard Detachment and we look forward to seeing you at the Ball. You can contact the Marines directly at 330-3321 for ticket information.
I have a relative by marriage who has been in the State Dept. for >20 years and has served abroad for most of that. He has always spoken so well of the Marine Guard at the embassies' he's served at.
And, I have a cousin who was drafted into the Marines in the seventies (yes, that happened, and you can look it up). Good he was a tough kid, because he was a Jew. He loved his time in the Corps.
And, I'm a RevWar buff.
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