{"id":36278,"date":"2025-11-11T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36278\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:36:09","slug":"semper-fi-250-revelers-wish-the-marines-a-happy-250th-birthday-at-gala-in-west-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36278\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Semper Fi:\u2019 250 revelers wish the Marines a happy 250th birthday at gala in West Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/entertainment\/\" title=\"Navigate to Entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a>Updated: Nov. 11, 2025, 11:29 a.m.|Published: Nov. 11, 2025, 11:29 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Marines\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/resizer\/v2\/ZCL5ESK54VBCBJR66PQNJ6HUAM.JPG?auth=32ff87cd2b2615d8e32b24f8c689593ca0e3857d43b3ca7c319d05e85f138678&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90\"  \/>The Sgt. Angel Mendez Marine Corps League Detachment 246 celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the Marine Corps at LiGreci&#8217;s Staaten on Nov.7, 2025. Presenting the colors, are from the left, Volker Hyde, James Browning, Andy Santiago and Roy Graniella. (Steve White for the Advance\/SILive.com)Steve White<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AQPMKDMTQ5CCXMI7664P3NCNVA\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The United States Marine Corps celebrated its 250th birthday on Nov. 10, and to ensure that the commemorative be all the more meaningful, a host of national and local events have been planned. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6LQU62XSBZBHRMMOOHXQ4U5BQY\">To mark the occasion, cake-cutting ceremonies, parades, and gatherings are unfolding throughout the nation, as well as exhibits and special coin giveaways that include commemorative coin programs available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>As Inside Out columnist, she traces life&#8217;s poignant moments and highlights those whose generosity of spirit contribute to the betterment of Staten Island. As a features writer, she conducts in-depth interviews&#8230; more<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EntertainmentUpdated: Nov. 11, 2025, 11:29 a.m.|Published: Nov. 11, 2025, 11:29 a.m.The Sgt. Angel Mendez Marine Corps League Detachment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-36278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}