Head engineer at Mark Hopkins Hotel promises to keep the 'Squadron Bottle' tradition alive

As the Bay Area welcomes service members to town to celebrate fleet week, some of them may raise a glass for a special toast at one of San Francisco\u0027s most iconic bars: the Top of the Mark.

SAN FRANCISCO -- As the Bay Area welcomes service members to town to celebrate fleet week, some of them may raise a glass for a special toast at one of San Francisco's most iconic bars: the Top of the Mark.On the 19th story of the InterContinental Mark Hopkins hotel sits a portal in time. It is a window into the deep-rooted military tradition of the 'Squadron Bottle' and a peek into their ongoing honor. 'Anybody, not just a soldier, can come in here and purchase a bottle.

'Inside a locked cabinet sits dozens of liquor bottles, some opened, some sealed shut. But all with handwritten notes from those who purchased them, and a wish for a living or fallen service member. 'This is what this means to me,' Solari said as he looked at the bottles. 'Every single thing you hear people sharing in honor of anybody, their soldier, their son, their wife. Whoever it may be.

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