The 8th & I Reunion Association

An organization of Marines
who served at
Marine Barracks
8th & I Streets, S.E.,
Washington D.C.





Items of Interest










The Washington Post - June 26, 1953

To read the excellent article which accompanied this picture
(it is a classic description of the forerunner to the Evening Parade,
and describes the then-recently instituted silent drill team), click here.









Dobkin's Bar - A Barracks landmark during the 1950's-1960's

Featuring 8th & I Reunion Honorary Member Molly Schecter




Molly Schecter with General Peter Pace at our 2005 Reunion.


NOTE: Molly Schecter, a youthful & beautiful 86 year old, owned
and operated Dobkins Pub on 8th Street, near the Barracks, from
1956 to 1966.  During those years, she befriended many 8th & I
Marines (the word is that some still owe her money).  She LOVES
and is LOVED BY many former 8th & I Marines.  Molly is a special
lady!










Return of the Unknown Soldier 1921 at the Naval Gun Factory 1921.

SF, Submitted by Jim Donovan 2nd. Platoon, CGC 64-68





225TH MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY BALL, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 10 NOVEMBER 2000, ATTENDED BY 2,000+ PEOPLE

The following are five excerpts from the Birthday Ball's Program:


Insert No. 1 .... Program Cover Page



Insert No. 2 .... Message From Commandant



Insert No. 3 .... Ball Committee



Insert No. 4 .... General Terrance R. Dake, Military Guest of Honor



Insert No. 5 .... In Memoriam / About The Cover




Color Guard, USMC Staff, Al and Shelly Pasquale



Birthday cake, ball attendees



6 Marines in civvies. Far left: Al Holt, third person from the right is Richard (Dick) Doyle,
fourth person is Jim Bunker and Joe Larkin on right in uniform wearing red boat cloak



Cookie's Tavern ... 2 pictures of Marine attendees



Cookie's Tavern ... 8th & I Marine Captain Joe "Mustang" Larkin and his loving wife, Lillian (Lil entered the Gates of Heaven on 6-12-15)


2-1-23, Submitted by 8th & I Marine Captain Joe "Mustang" Larkin, 1955-1959 / USMC,
1948-1971, San Diego, CA and Al Pasquale, USMC, 1954-1962,
Associate Member of the 8th & I Reunion Association, Raleigh, NC




Having served as a Casualty Assist Officer, when on I&I Duty, following the Beirut bombing in October 1983;
I thought this a fitting tribute to one of many extraordinary Sections at 8th & I (Especially on Memorial Day 2020 with the limited recognition this year).

8TH & I, BODY BEARERS ARTICLE, 5-25-20

Submitted by Jim "Mustang" Hales, Ceremonial Guard Company , 2nd Platoon, 1965-1966, Blairsville, PA




31 Powerful Pictures Of The US Marines Through History

Click here to see Tom Leonard's pictures of the 29 March 2013 celebration of the Marine Barracks', Washington, DC, birthday.

Click here to read: A Historical Hoax It pertains to "saving 8th & I" during the War of 1812

See the CGC pages for many interesting pictures from the past.

Click here to read: For Marines who carry their own to burial: ‘The Last to Let You Down’




2-3-22 ... NEW CHESTY, SAME DOG FACE: THE MARINES ANNOUNCE A CANINE CHANGING-OF-THE-GUARD

New Chesty

Submitted by 8th & I Marine Tom Tallick, Ceremonial Guard Company, 1961-1964, Arvado, CO




December 2023... Color Sergeants of the Marine Corps

List of Color Sergeants of the Marine Corps












9-10-24 ... Leatherneck Magazine, July 2024, "Performance & Precision: Silent Drill Platoon, A Symbol Of Excellence"

Leatherneck Magazine, July 2024: Silent Drill Platoon

Scroll down to page 38.

Submitted by 8th & I Marine SgtMaj Willie Reed, Ceremonial Guard Company, 1958 & 1966-1968 / USMC, 1958-1982, Vietnam veteran, Phoenix, AZ




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