Tom Jefferson...........National Treasure.......Egyptian stuff everywhere...................Westward ho............to the Columbia river gorge....................Merriweather L......and Rogers Clark........

Mission

Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., also known as "8th & I," is the oldest active post in the Marine Corps. It was founded by President Thomas Jefferson and Lt. Col. William Ward Burrows, the second commandant of the Marine Corps, in 1801.