Veterans Day closures and 250th birthday of the USMC
In honor of Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, government offices, post offices, and banks will be closed.
The Marble Falls, Burnet, and Llano school districts will have regular classes on Tuesday.
Big box stores like Walmart and H-E-B will have normal operating hours on Tuesday, but some small businesses could be closed or have adjusted hours.
Falling just before Veterans Day this year is the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
The USMC is officially older than the United States, as two battalions of marines were raised by an order of the second continental congress in Philadelphia on Nov. 10, 1775, months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
U.S. marines have fought in every major conflict in American history, from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. Originally created to be the foot soldiers for the nation’s navy, they have since become their own combat-focused force in the military with the motto “first to fight, last to leave.”