Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 11, November 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 11, November 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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The Measure of Authentic Leadership: Major Samuel Nicholas
In November 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned Major Samuel Nicholas as the first officer of the newly formed Continental Marines. A native of Philadelphia and…
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To Be, Rather Than to Seem
On February 21, 1893, the General Assembly of North Carolina ratified legislation establishing the Latin phrase Esse Quam Videri as the motto of North Carolina. The Latin…
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LtGen Robert F. Hedelund, USMC (Ret) Joins the Board of Directors
Carolina Museum of the Marine is honored to welcome Lieutenant General Robert F. “Fuzzy” Hedelund, USMC (Ret), to its Board of Directors. General Hedelund retired from…
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Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 10, October 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 10, October 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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A Steady Hand in the Storm: The Beirut Chaplain Who Never Faltered – George Pucciarelli
On October 23, 1983, a truck bomb destroyed the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. service members—Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers—who were serving as…
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Tradition
The Marine Corps understands the importance of tradition. Tradition maintains the identity of a people over time, and a healthy tradition contains within it, through…
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Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 9, September 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 9, September 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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From Sailor to Servant Leader: Remembering Dr. William Kenneth Morgan
This September, we remember Dr. William Kenneth “Doc” Morgan, Sr., whose life embodied service to country, community, and family. Born in Fairmont, NC, in 1933,…
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To Be Inspired
What does it mean to be inspired? We needn’t engage in etymological studies or comparative analysis, since these simply complicate a search for meaning that…
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Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 8, August 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 8, August 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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Forged in Carolina, Proven in Combat: The Story of HM1 Luis Fonseca Jr., USN “Doc Speedy”
When HM1 (FMF) Luis Fonseca Jr. arrived in North Carolina for field medical training, he was a young Navy corpsman with a deep sense of…
