Guests applaud a performer during the National MontfordPoint Association’s Congressional Gold Medal presentationhosted by Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, March 25. Several musicians and groups preformed tribute songs to honor the Jameson family who accepted the medal on behalf of the late Willis Jameson. - Guests applaud a performer during the National Montford Point Association’s Congressional Gold Medal presentation hosted by Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, March 25. Several musicians and groups preformed tribute songs to honor the Jameson family who accepted the medal on behalf of the late Willis Jameson.

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Marines and local volunteers transport and organize articles at the Santa Elena History Center, downtown Beaufort Feb. 18. The articles are part of a Santa Elena historical exhibition, a 16th century Spanish settlement once located in present-day Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. The Santa Elena Foundation plans to display the exhibition in the Parris Island Museum in the near future. The Marines are from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. - Marines and local volunteers transport and organize articles at the Santa Elena History Center, downtown Beaufort Feb. 18. The articles are part of a Santa Elena historical exhibition, a 16th century Spanish settlement once located in present-day Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. The Santa Elena Foundation plans to display the exhibition in the Parris Island Museum in the near future. The Marines are from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Col. Peter D. Buck welcomes Marines to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Marriot Resort and Spa in Hilton Head, S.C. Nov. 6. Nov. 10 marks the 240th year the Marine Corps has been in existence and Marines will celebrate with birthday balls all over the world. Buck is the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. - Col. Peter D. Buck welcomes Marines to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Marriot Resort and Spa in Hilton Head, S.C. Nov. 6. Nov. 10 marks the 240th year the Marine Corps has been in existence and Marines will celebrate with birthday balls all over the world. Buck is the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Stephen Binyard’s grave is displayed at the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. The cemetery has been cleaned-up and restored to honor the memory of Binyard and the other ancestors of the Edgerly Plantation whose burial locations have yet to be discovered. In 1866, after serving in the Union Army for three years, Binyard and his family bought a piece of land on Edgerly Plantation. This has been Binyard’s resting place since his death in 1882. - Stephen Binyard’s grave is displayed at the unveiling of Edgerly Cemetery aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 18. The cemetery has been cleaned-up and restored to honor the memory of Binyard and the other ancestors of the Edgerly Plantation whose burial locations have yet to be discovered. In 1866, after serving in the Union Army for three years, Binyard and his family bought a piece of land on Edgerly Plantation. This has been Binyard’s resting place since his death in 1882.

Thousands of Marines and civilian personnel drive on Geiger Boulevard to come arrive and depart Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort each day. The road was named after Gen. Roy S. Geiger, the fifth Marine aviator and first Marine to lead an Army. Geiger enlisted in the Marine Corps as a Private in November 1907 and attended basic training on Naval Station Norfolk, Va. After submitting his college degree with a request to become a Marine officer, Geiger was accepted, and earned his commission as a second lieutenant in February 1909. - Thousands of Marines and civilian personnel drive on Geiger Boulevard to come arrive and depart Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort each day. The road was named after Gen. Roy S. Geiger, the fifth Marine aviator and first Marine to lead an Army. Geiger enlisted in the Marine Corps as a Private in November 1907 and attended basic training on Naval Station Norfolk, Va. After submitting his college degree with a request to become a Marine officer, Geiger was accepted, and earned his commission as a second lieutenant in February 1909.