There are no club officers or rules or regulations guiding the demeanor of members and guests other than military courtesy extended to each other.įrom time to time members may be tasked with sharing their military experiences with the members. The few shekels accumulated by the club, if any, are turned over to the Chapter to use at its discretion. The Tun Tavern Club meets several times a year for dinner, fellowship, camaraderie, to swap sea stories and to pig out on food and grog. The Tun Tavern group will meet again on February 27 at which time Gene Mooring will share with us his experience as one of the Marines involved in the atom bomb experiment in White Sands, New Mexico way back in the ’50s. Bob Ferris, Vietnam veteran and former lecturer at the Naval Academy, gave an outstanding presentation on the Marines battle at the Chosin Reservoir. The Tun Tavern crew convened at the Firehouse restaurant in Palm Desert on January 9th for food, grog, camaraderie and sea stories. Our long time Chapter member Dave Franklin presented the Vietnam War battle streamer to the Commanding General to attached on the Regimental Colors, A Regimental birthday party rounded out weeks activity.Īll in all, it was one heck of a fine week! Highlights of the week were the ceremonial parade with battle streamers on the Division Colors. Marines from various Association chapters were hosted for lunch at Battalion Mess Halls where they broke bread with young Marines and mesmerized the young Marines with sea stories of yesteryear.Ĭhapter members Quint Villanueva and Dave Franklin participated in all the activities offered during the five day event including live firing on a range with M16 rifles. The Blue Diamond Division Regimental Commands rolled out the red carpet for 1stMarDiv Association veteran Marines at 1st, 5th and 11th Marine Regiments, the Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn, the Landing Track Vehicle Bn and the a MAW squadron. The 1st Marine Division, formed on February 1 1941, celebrated its 78th anniversary on Feb 1.2019 at Camp Pendleton culminating five days of hosting Marine veterans from the 1st Marine Division Association. The book can be purchased at the Golden Ball Tavern Museum for $20.00.78 Years of Outstanding Service to the Nation Read it once and you'll find yourself going back to it again and again.' You will be surprised and entertained on every page, whether you are a scholar of linguistics, a student of the eighteenth century, or just someone who loves to win the word games in the parlor. That is the message of this fun and fascinating new book.

William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Cape Cod, Harvard Yard, and the Lincoln Letter, wrote of Words They Lived By: Colonial New England Speech, Then and Now: 'We are what we say. Did you know that the colonists used the words slang, football, coffeehouse, negligee, scuttlebutt, but with far different meanings from those we know today? Did you wonder where the expression red tape, bitter end, or to be at loggerheads came from? It sheds light on familiar colonial New England words and expressions and on the life and history that informed them.

Words They Lived By: Colonial New England Speech, Then and Now by Joan Bines, our Director, offers an entertaining and informative look into colonial New England life as well as a bit of perspective on ours today.

Colonial New England Speech, Then and Now

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