Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Virginia
MCL Department — VA. Service and a meeting hall — VA.
- MCL Department
- VA
Directory
Units
| James M Slay #329 | Detachment 329 · Richmond, VA |
| John A Le Jeune #332 | Detachment 332 · Virginia Beach, VA |
| Mickey Finn #333 | Detachment 333 · Triangle, VA |
| Roanoke Valley #426 | Detachment 426 · Salem, VA |
| Lynchburg Area #759 | Detachment 759 · Lynchburg, VA |
| Chesapeake #853 | Detachment 853 · Chesapeake, VA |
| LtGen Lewis B Puller #890 | Detachment 890 · Winchester, VA |
| Edward W Richardson #908 | Detachment 908 · Collinsville, VA |
| Sgt Major James F Moore #1062 | Detachment 1062 · Reedville, VA |
| Lake Country #1085 | Detachment 1085 · South Hill, VA |
| Yorktown #1173 | Detachment 1173 · Newport News, VA |
| New River Valley #1190 | Detachment 1190 · Radford, VA |
| Loudoun County #1205 | Detachment 1205 · PURCELLVILLE, VA |
| Bradley T Arms #1256 | Detachment 1256 · Keswick, VA |
| Middle Peninsula #1317 | Detachment 1317 · Gloucester, VA |
| Jack Maas #1379 | Detachment 1379 · Fredericksburg, VA |
In 1956 a handful of veterans chartered Department — VA. 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 — VA. The members would rather be useful than famous, which is why the hall still smells like coffee on meeting night.
The meeting line says the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the detachment writes its own — VA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — VA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — VA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — VA.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — VA.
70
Years on the calendar — VA
Charter story set in 1956
150 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
22
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Virginia, 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 — VA. |
| Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the detachment — VA. |
| Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Department. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
MCL Department of Virginia. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — VA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — VA
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship 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 — VA.
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 — VA.
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 — VA. 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 — VA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — VA. MCL Department of Virginia. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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