• Life,  Military Topics

    Ballgowns and Dress Blues

    It’s everyone’s favorite time of year!!! No, it’s not the holiday season (although it’s close), it’s time for the annual United States Marine Corps Ball!  To be fair there are some negative nellies out there who despise this event, but that’s because they’re not doing it right. It’s such a fun celebration that celebrates Marine Corps history. So let’s go back and talk about what it’s about and then I’ll get to the purpose of this post- Ball gowns.  The United States Marine Corps, A Brief History (by someone not great with historical facts) I am no historian, so my information is summarized from the Marine Corps website. OK just…