Marine Barracks Washington

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., known as "8th & I", is the oldest active post in the Marine Corps. President Thomas Jefferson and Lt. Col. William Ward Burrows, the second Commandant of the Marine Corps, rode on horseback to select plot 927 as the new headquarters for the Marine Corps within walking distance from the capital and the Navy Yard. For 225 years, Marines of the "Oldest Post" have served at the center of American history, supporting Presidential honors, safeguarding senior leaders, laying fallen Marines to rest, and representing the Marine Corps to the nation's leaders, the American people, and visitors from across the globe.