Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Tennessee
MCL Department — TN. A detachment since 1956 — TN.
- MCL Department
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Directory
Units
| Music City #378 | Detachment 378 · Nashville, TN |
| Sgt Walter K Singleton #476 | Detachment 476 · Bartlett, TN |
| SGTMAJ ERNEST F. SEAGLE #518 | Detachment 518 · Chattanoga, TN |
| James "Dick" McCutchen #603 | Detachment 603 · TN |
| Elbert Kinser #615 | Detachment 615 · Greeneville, TN |
| Lincoln County #702 | Detachment 702 · Fayetteville, TN |
| Capt Jack Holland #735 | Detachment 735 · Jackson, TN |
| Lt Alexander Bonnyman #924 | Detachment 924 · Louisville, TN |
| Tri-Cities TN #969 | Detachment 969 · Elizabethton, TN |
| Giles County #1108 | Detachment 1108 · Pulaski, TN |
| BGEN AUSTIN C SHOFNER #1128 | Detachment 1128 · Tullahoma, TN |
| Stones River #1158 | Detachment 1158 · Smyna, TN |
| TN Smoky Mountain #1206 | Detachment 1206 · Sevierville, TN |
| LCPL Andrew P Carpenter #1286 | Detachment 1286 · St Columbia, TN |
| Bobby Ray #1377 | Detachment 1377 · McMinnville, TN |
| Tipton County #1429 | Detachment 1429 · Munfortd, TN |
| Sgt Morgan W Strader #1467 | Detachment 1467 · Crossville, TN |
| Lcpl Jeffrey Adam Bishop #1491 | Detachment 1491 · Fairview, TN |
In 1956 a handful of veterans chartered Department — TN. From that first meeting the detachment grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
People point to the detachment for the Memorial Day observance and for the quieter help that never makes a program — TN. The members would rather be useful than famous, which is why the hall still smells like coffee on meeting night.
The regular meeting is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the members stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — TN.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — TN. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — TN.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Department sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — TN.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — TN.
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Years on the calendar — TN
Charter story set in 1956
200 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
23
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Tennessee, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The members read the names they have been given — TN. |
| Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the members bring the food. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The detachment installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
MCL Department of Tennessee. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the detachment already knows. The members voted to keep the winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — TN.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — TN
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Department set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — TN.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the detachment looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — TN.
Officers
Officers
Commandant
Senior Vice Commandant
Adjutant
Paymaster
Chaplain
Sergeant at Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Department — TN. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — TN.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — TN. MCL Department of Tennessee. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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