"The Draft" Newsletter

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The Marine Experience and Civic Institute

"The Draft" Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 11 October 2020

The Marine Experience

and Civic Institute

We understand the importance of preserving the legacy of Carolina Marines and Sailors and are excited to enhance that mission with The Civic Institute - an educational component founded by General Al Gray, 29th Commandant - that will teach citizens of all ages about the core values of our founding fathers as so ably demonstrated by Marines since 1775. Courses will be offered on location at schools and businesses, online and - when the museum is completed - onsite.

Honoring the legacy, preserving the values,

keeping the flame burning brightly

for future generations.

Beirut Memorial Observance 2020

COVID-19 restrictions necessitate a virtual memorial observance on 23 October 2020.

Each year, a Remembrance Observance takes place on October 23 at the Beirut Memorial to remember those who gave the greatest sacrifice for their country. It's a solemn tribute to 273 Marines who gave the last full measure of devotion in Lebanon and Grenada on October 23, 1983. This year, due to ongoing COVID-19 safety concerns, the Observance will be available online with no public attendance. You can view the observance at g10tv.org, on local Spectrum channel 10, on the City's Facebook page and at https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/24897 Jacksonville Tourism DA, NC

Honoring, Remembering, Celebrating Our Core Values

What is happening with our building project? Click here for the latest update as we raise $28M to build a 40,000 square foot museum and civic institute honoring Carolina Marines and Sailors and promulgating the core values of our founding fathers.

Counterclockwise from top left: Aerial view of Museum & Institute, Completed Reflection & Celebration Park at entrance to planned Museum, and highway-facing rear of Museum

Famous Civilian Leaders

who served as Marines

Adam Driver

“Something that I learned in the Marine Corps, that I’ve applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish a mission and knowing your role within that team.”

Best known for for playing Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019),

Adam Driver enlisted in the United States Marine Corps shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001. He was assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines as an 81mm mortar man.^[17] He served for two years and eight months before fracturing his sternum while mountain biking.^[18] He was medically discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal.

Driver began his film career in supporting roles in films such as Lincoln (2012), Frances Ha (2012), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and Silence (2016). He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his lead role in the drama Hungry Hearts (2014) and starred as a poet in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson (2016).

Driver is the founder of Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit that provides free arts programming to American active-duty service members, veterans, military support staff, and their families around the world.

October

Important Dates

in U.S. History

October 1, 1908 - Henry Ford's Model T, a "universal car" designed for the masses, went on sale for the first time.

October 7, 1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York City with representatives from nine colonies meeting in protest to the British Stamp Act which imposed the first direct tax by the British Crown upon the American colonies.

October 13, 1775 - The United States Navy was born after the Second Continental Congress authorized the acquisition of a fleet of ships.

October 13, 1792 - The cornerstone of the White House was laid by George Washington. The building, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, is three stories tall with over 100 rooms, and was designed by James Hoban.

October 14, 1947 - U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier, flying in a rocket-powered research aircraft.

October 14, 1964 - Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He donated the $54,000 in prize money to the Civil Rights movement.

Photo credit: Beretta

October 21, 1879 - Thomas Edison successfully tested an electric incandescent lamp with a carbonized filament at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, keeping it lit for over 13 hours.

October 21, 1915 - The first transatlantic radio voice message was made by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company from Virginia to Paris.

How Much Do you Know...

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Leadership Traits:

United States Marines adhere to three core values: honor, courage and commitment.

Marines demonstrate these core values with key leadership traits and principles:

This month, we feature one of the 14 leadership traits:

"JJ DID TIE BUCKLE"

Justice, Judgment, Dependability, Initiative, Decisiveness, Tact, Integrity, Endurance, Bearing, Unselfishness, Courage, Knowledge, Loyalty, & Enthusiasm

Definition: Endurance

the mental and physical stamina that is measured by your ability to withstand pain, fatigue, stress, and hardship.

October 23, 1983 - Terrorists drove a truck loaded with TNT into the U.S. and French headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, exploding it and killing 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French paratroopers. Click here to learn more. Photos above: Beirut Memorial, Lejeune Memorial Gardens, Jacksonville, NC. 29th Marine Corps Commandant, General Al Gray, USMC (Ret) speaks at Beirut Memorial Observance.

October 27, 1787 - The first of 85 Federalist Papers appeared in print in a New York City newspaper. The essays argued for the adoption of the new U.S. Constitution. They were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.

October 28, 1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. The statue was a gift from the people of France commemorating the French-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the entire structure stands 300 feet (92.9 meters) tall. The pedestal contains the words: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

October 29, 1929 - The stock market crashed as over 16 million shares were dumped amid tumbling prices. The Great Depression followed in America, lasting until the outbreak of World War II.

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