Marines celebrate 250th Birthday with midnight celebration in Old City

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Three hundred and fifty Marines and their families stayed up late to be the first to celebrate the Marine Corps' 250th birthday.

Fife and drum music filled the halls of the Museum of the American Revolution in Old City early Monday morning.

The musical moment began at midnight following a countdown and colonial-themed breakfast.

The event was put on by the Tun Legacy Foundation.

It's part of a series of events being held in honor of the Marine Corps, which began in Philadelphia on November 10, 1775.